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American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should ... 26 seconds.


Answer choices:

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event

OA: D

gmattesttaker2 wrote:American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds.

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event

In A, B and E, should implies a RECOMMENDATION.
According to researchers, what SHOULD happen every 26 seconds?
In other words, what do the researchers RECOMMEND?
They recommend the following:
That a person should experience a coronary event.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate A, B and E.

C conveys a nonsensical meaning: an EVENT cannot STRIKE someone.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.

This SC is modeled after an official SC from GMAC. Check here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-meteorite-t89650.html

GMATGuruNY wrote:

gmattesttaker2 wrote:American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds.

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event

In A, B and E, should implies a RECOMMENDATION.
According to researchers, what SHOULD happen every 26 seconds?
In other words, what do the researchers RECOMMEND?
They recommend the following:
That a person should experience a coronary event.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate A, B and E.

C conveys a nonsensical meaning: an EVENT cannot STRIKE someone.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.

This SC is modeled after an official SC from GMAC. Check here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-meteorite-t89650.html

Hello Mitch,

Thank you very much for your explanation.

Best Regards,
Sri

GMATGuruNY wrote:

gmattesttaker2 wrote:American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds.

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event

In A, B and E, should implies a RECOMMENDATION.
According to researchers, what SHOULD happen every 26 seconds?
In other words, what do the researchers RECOMMEND?
They recommend the following:
That a person should experience a coronary event.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate A, B and E.

C conveys a nonsensical meaning: an EVENT cannot STRIKE someone.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.

This SC is modeled after an official SC from GMAC. Check here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-meteorite-t89650.html

Am I right to say that E is incorrect because "should" implies moral obligation ? The same questions is on gmatclub, but there Answer choice E is marked as the correct one.

asdfghjklasdfghjkl wrote:Am I right to say that E is incorrect because "should" implies moral obligation ?

Yes, the usage of should seems to imply that a person is OBLIGATED to experience a coronary event.

The same questions is on gmatclub, but there Answer choice E is marked as the correct one.

Any post that identifies E as the OA is incorrect.
The correct answer is D.