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vaivish: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 371; Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:16 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 6 times

by vaivish » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:49 am

637. Several studies have found that the coronary patients who exercise most actively have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary.
(A) have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary
(B) have half the chance, or less, of dying of a heart attack than those who are sedentary do
(C) have half the chance that they will die of a heart attack, or less, than those who are sedentary do
(D) are at least fifty percent less likely to die of a heart attack as those who are sedentary
(E) are at least fifty percent less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack

OA is E[spoiler][/spoiler]

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Re: 637

by kiranlegend » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:51 am

vaivish wrote:637. Several studies have found that the coronary patients who exercise most actively have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary.
(A) have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary
(B) have half the chance, or less, of dying of a heart attack than those who are sedentary do
(C) have half the chance that they will die of a heart attack, or less, than those who are sedentary do
(D) are at least fifty percent less likely to die of a heart attack as those who are sedentary
(E) are at least fifty percent less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack

OA is E[spoiler][/spoiler]

Guys, in option C what does 'that' refers to? does it refer to half the chance or chance?

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by Vignesh.4384 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:50 pm

IMO E

A B C are easy to eliminate.

between D and E ... E has a better constrction. the word THAN THOSE is required here

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by gmat740 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:06 am

Guys,
i was able to eliminate a,b and c

With D and E, I am confused snd I feel the following

("likely to die” Modifier is better construction than “likely than those”)

So that means D

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by rahulg83 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:56 am

I too narrowed down to D and E,
but IMO E is better because when your are comparing, THAN is must (at least n this case)

D -> are at least fifty percent less likely to die of a heart attack as those who are sedentary.

I feel this is why we can eliminate D[/i]

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by tarina » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:53 am

Hi,
I picked B
parallelism with patients and the verb
the coronary patients ...have half the chance of dying... than those who are sedentary do

Thx for explanation~

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by singhsa » Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:29 am

Is'nt the idiom....X has half the chance that Y has?

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by hitmis » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:36 am

vaivish wrote:637. Several studies have found that the coronary patients who exercise most actively have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary.
(A) have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary
(B) have half the chance, or less, of dying of a heart attack than those who are sedentary do
(C) have half the chance that they will die of a heart attack, or less, than those who are sedentary do
(D) are at least fifty percent less likely to die of a heart attack as those who are sedentary
(E) are at least fifty percent less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack

OA is E

D uses the unidiomatic "less likely....as those"
E uses the idiomatic "less likely than..."

Hence E is right imo.

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