new hair

kiranlegend · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: new hair

A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the
drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which

pls explain..

gmatinjuly · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

IMO D,

Three times the price of what he charges ....

Whats OA ?

ricky · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:16 am Post subject:

IMO C.

What is OA?

ildude02 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:

My pick is B. But I'm little confused with which part of the sentence is underlined. I choose B sicne "than" compares the prices and the charges.

reachac · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

IMO D

raunekk · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

will go with D

NSNguyen · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:39 am Post subject:

I come with A,
I think this compare verb sold and charge
is it right? OA please?

Mahalo · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject:

(C) three times the price that the drug's maker charges for another product

(D) three times the price of what the drug's maker charges for another product

I will go with D, but still I am not able to say why C is wrong.

umaa · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject:

IMO A.

Pls let me know what is OA.

kiranlegend · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

umaa · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the
drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

Since the first product sold for three times the price, the drug maker charges another product in the same price.

So, we can use "so" or "as" in the dependent clause.

B. "Than" is to compare one with another. The author is not comparing anything here. He/she is relating two products.

C. "that" - Same thing to compare one with another.

D. and E. "of what" and "at which" - It gave me an awkward sentence.

Hope this will help you. thx.

erjamit · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:25 am Post subject:

The answer is D.

three times the price ...... the drug’s

Logically, speaking the product is sold at 3 times the price of an earlier product.

But I am not sure what is wrong with C. i.e

three times the price, ....that the drug’s

for me that is restrictive pronoun for price of the drug.

Can anyone pls explain why of what is better than that here.

Thanks
Amit

Vignesh.4384 · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:44 am Post subject:

IMO A.

Reason : As is used correctly ... and A is followed by a clause that contains a subject and a verb.

schumi_gmat · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject:

can anbody explain why of what is correct and than is wrong?

rohangupta83 · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:57 am Post subject:

water balloons are being sold for 3 times the price, as the water ballon's maker charges for hot air balloons.

water balloons are being sold for 3 times the price, of what the water ballon's maker charges for hot air balloons.

I would pick the second one. I don't see anything wrong in using ''of what''