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New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States.
(A) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest number of reported
(B) New Jersey’s is one of the five highest numbers in reporting
(C) New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of
(D) New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported
(E) New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of


D I don't understand why " new jersey's " is wrong, can someone please explain....
Also i am not sure why " numbers" is correct

[Domnu]

In this case, New Jersey's what is one of the five highest *rest of the sentence*? That's probably why the answers A and B can be eliminated.

Numbers is needed, since in "one of the five highest number(s)", the five implies that there are multiple numbers being compared. What are the thingS being compared? They are the numbers (not number).

With these, we would arrive at D. Does this help?