In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000;

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In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000;  due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases  the population in Cook County.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases

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KumarSri · Answer

IMO D,

Split between 'due to' Vs 'Because'

'Due to' is used to present a reason for a noun whereas 'because of' is used to present a reason for action

'the coyotes.. reproduce' is verb and so using 'due to' is incorrect. So A and B are eliminated.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases
 For the above mention reason. We can eliminate this option.

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase
 Same error in A. Hence eliminate.

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases
 SV agreement error - 'life expectancies' is plural. Hence requires plural form 'increase'. So eliminate

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase
 Correct Answer

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases
 SV agreement error - 'life expectancies' is plural. Hence requires plural form 'increase'. So eliminate

anubhavzarabi · Answer

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000; due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expediencies that increases the population in Cook County.

Sentence Error Analysis:

Usage of Due to is incorrect. If we replace "due to" with "caused by", the sentence doesn't make sense. Secondly, there is a S-V number agreement error between "expectancies" (Plural) and "increases" (Singular). The correct usage would be "...expentancies that increase...".

Option Analysis:

For the above stated reasons, Option A , B, C and E are incorrect.

Leaving us with option D.

gmat2020trgt770 · Answer

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000;  due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases  the population in Cook County.

(A)  due to  their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that  increases  -  
1. Due to is not the correct usage here.
2. Increases points to expectencies and hence should be in plural form

(B)  due to   its  having high survival rates in urban areas,  the coyote  copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that  increase  -  
1. Due to is not the correct usage here.
2. The original sentence talks about "coyotes" in plural form : an option with plural form will be preferable. Not a deterministic error.

(C)  because   it  has high survival rates in urban areas,  the coyote  copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that  increases  -  
1. Increases points to expectencies and hence should be in plural form
2. The original sentence talks about "coyotes" in plural form : an option with plural form will be preferable. Not a deterministic error.

(D)  because  they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that  increase  -  The corrects all the errors in the original sentence.   Correct

(E)  because of  having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that  increases  -  
1. Increases points to expectencies and hence should be in plural form

sambitspm · Answer

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000;  due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases  the population in Cook County.

My Answer -> D

FACT 1-> It is right that in first premise the coyote population is used as subject. But in the second premise, we should not dial down to a singular coyote, we are talking about a pattern and that will be visible in whole species and multiple individuals. Hence B and C are out.
FACT 2->  life expectancies  cannot be a singular term. It is related to all. We need to use a plural term - Hence, Option E is out.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that  increases

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the  coyote  copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the  coyote  copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that  increases

arnisht · Answer

I would vote for option D.

Rest all options are having subject-verb agreement error.

A/C/E - 'increases' is wrong for plural subject - 'life expectancies'
B - Due to cannot modify a clause. Also if coyote is referred to as a group it should have life expectancy and not expectancies.

gmatway · Answer

(A) due to  their  having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases - REJECT CYOTE = (S) needs singular pronoun .

(B) due to  its having  high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to  maintain pair bonds  and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase - REJECT = possesive pronoun is incorrect . use of having is akward here .

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases = CORRECT . it is correct pronoun refers to the Coyote . llism has been maintained .

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase - REJECT - the coyotes is singular . usage of they is incorrect .

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus  have  much longer life expectancies that increases- REJECT - the coyotes is singular hence HAVE is incorrect .

1BlackDiamond1 · Answer

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The answer is D.

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000; due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases the population in Cook County.

Let us first dissect the sentence.
; is used to join two independent but related clauses
Due to
This phrase is used to modify the nouns. In other words, due to is used to present the reason for a noun.
Because of
This phrase is used to modify the actions. In other words, because of is used to present the reason for an action.
In this sentence we are giving the reason for an action of the range of population hence Because of is correct usage not due to.

option A and B are out.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases
In this sentence we are giving the reason for an action of the range of population hence Because of is correct usage not due to.

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase
In this sentence we are giving the reason for an action of the range of population hence Because of is correct usage not due to.

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases
It is used to refer to coyote which is incorrect. Here Coyote is in the plural form

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase
This is the correct choice.

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases
because of having high survival rates in urban areas – This is an incorrect way to refer to Coyotes

HoneyLemon · Answer

Is it  D  ?

Due to is used to modify nouns 
and because of is used to modify verbs .

Analysis : 
 1.in this case because of is needed .. since it is providing reason why the coyotes copiously reproduce
2. a pair does not match with the coyotes
3. expectancies is plural . so we need that increase .. for SV agreement .

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000;  due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases  the population in Cook County.

(A)  due to  their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain  a pair bond  and thus have much longer life expectancies that  increases

- Error mentioned above in analysis . out

(B)  due to  its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain  pair bonds  and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase

1. due to is incorrect . 
2. pair bonds doesnot match in number with singular coyote .. so out

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that  increases

1. we need plural verb increase for plural expectancies .. out

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase

-- correct 
 
(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain  a pair bond  and thus have much longer life expectancies that  increases

1. we need plural verb increase for plural expectancies .. out .
2. a pair does not match with plural the coyotes

Hence D is correct ..

YuvarajUmapathi · Answer

n Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000; due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases the population in Cook County.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases -  Incorrect

life expectancies .. increases  - subject-verb agreement is incorrect

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase -  Incorrect

The beginning of second independent clause with  "due to"  is incorrect

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases - Incorrect

The " high survival rates " is wrongly referring to the  coyote population  instead of  coyotes

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase -  Correct 
Subject-verb Agreement is correct -  coyotes....reproduce  and  life expectancies....increase 
"they" - Correctly refers to the coyotes in the group(coyote population). No pronoun error
No idiom and Modifier error

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases -  Incorrect 
 life expectancies .. increases  - subject-verb agreement is incorrect

bM22 · Answer

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000;  due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases  the population in Cook County.

(A) due to  their  having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases

Incorrect  - as their is wrong, should be replaced with "it" pronoun.

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously  reproduce  to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that  increase 
 Incorrect   - increase is singular, should be increases. Reproduces will be the correct verb.

(C) because  it has  high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases
 Incorrect  - "it has" is the incorrect part of the sentence.

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase.
 Incorrect   - increase is singular, should be increases.

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases
 Correct

d999 · Answer

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000; due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases the population in Cook County.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases-  Ideally, 'due to' must be followed by a noun. Further, "longer life expectancies" does not agree with the verb "increases"

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase-  Ideally, 'due to' must be followed by a noun.

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases-  "Longer life expectancies" does not agree with the verb "increases"

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase-  Correct

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases-  "Longer life expectancies" does not agree with the verb "increases"

Abhimanyu14 · Answer

D

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000; due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases the population in Cook County.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases  expenties that increases

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase  pronoun error

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases  expenties that increases

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase  correct answer

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases  expenties that increases

SohGMAT2020 · Answer

In Chicago, the coyote population is between 2,000 and 4,000;  due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases the population in Cook County.

(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases ( "Due to" is a noun modifier, so it must follow the touch rule, and only used a situation such as X is due to Y, "increases" does not agree with "expectancies" in number) -  Incorrect

(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase ( "Due to" is a noun modifier, so it must follow the touch rule, and only used a situation such as X is due to Y) -  Incorrect

(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer life expectancies that increases - ( expectancies and increases do not agree in number; however, because of is better in this context)  Incorrect

(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase ( All subject-verb pairs are okay, Hence it is  Correct

(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer life expectancies that increases ( increases does not agree with expectancies in number)  Incorrect

meetnikhil · Answer

Between B and D, in D they is used. Earlier part of sentence mentions coyote population -- how can they refer to population?
I can not see any other antecedent for they.

Please help.  zhanbo

piyush0122 · Answer

They is not referring to population. "They" is referring to "the coyotes".

zhanbo · Answer

In (D), "because they have high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain pair bonds and thus have much longer life expectancies that increase ..." The antecedent for they in the coordinate clause is actually the coyotes in the main clause. Check out https://www.biomedicaleditor.com/grammar ... guous.html: A pronoun (e.g., you, ours, she, this, whom, which, himself) takes the place of a noun or another pronoun, often to avoid repetition. The noun, pronoun, or clause that a pronoun refers to, called an antecedent, usually appears earlier in the sentence, although it can also appear later. A pronoun should refer to one specific antecedent. An ambiguous pronoun antecedent occurs when a pronoun has two or more possible antecedents.

meetnikhil · Answer

Hi  zhanbo , Thanks for your reply. I was under impression that antecedent needed to appear before pronoun. 
Happy to learn. Thanks again for quick reply.

Prowess · Answer

plural+that+plural: expentencies that increase. so A,C and E out. 
due to+ noun: due to its......is wrong so B is out.
D is correct answer. 
key takeaway: "because" modifies entire clause but "due to" modifies only noun.

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