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leo
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Topic: GMAT Prep Question

Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:31 am

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Since 1970 the number of Blacks elected to state and federal offices in the United States has multiplied nearly four times.
(A) has multiplied nearly four times
(B) has almost quadrupled
(C) has almost multiplied by four
(D) is almost four times as great
(E) is nearly fourfold what it was

Is the answer A or B? pl explain.

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Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:46 am

leo wrote: Since 1970 the number of Blacks elected to state and federal offices in the United States has multiplied nearly four times. (A) has multiplied nearly four times (B) has almost quadrupled (C) has almost multiplied by four (D) is almost four times as great (E) is nearly fourfold what it was Is the answer A or B? pl explain. This senetnce requieres the present perfect tense since it starts with "since", hence A,B or C.. A and C are wordy, I go with B. _________________ Isis Alaska