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by vishalkc2 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:30 pm
IMO A. OA plz
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by FightWithGMAT » Thu Aug 19, 2010 4:10 am
gmat_perfect wrote:One in five Americans who work shorter hours at their job in order to provide care for an elderly relative save society millions of dollars that would ordinarily be required for nursing homes or other longterm care facilities.

(a)
(b) One in five Americans working shorter hours at their job in order to provide care for elderly relative saves
(c) The one in five Americans who work shorter hours at a job in order to provide care for an elderly relative saves
(d) Those Americans, approximately one-fifth of all employees, who work shorter hours at a job in order to care for an elderly relative save
(e) Providing care for an elderly relative, approximately one-fifth of all American employees work shorter hours at a job and it saves

[spoiler]OA: A/D[/spoiler]

This is a controversial Sentence. It has been discussed earlier in 2008.

Experts, please explain.

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It is A

We need 2 things for sure

1. WORK.........for five Americans
2. SAVES........for one American

Only A does so.............if we learn the rule.........this question can be cracked in fewer than 20 sec.
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by gmat_perfect » Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:06 am
I have answered this question D.

But I have found a debate on this question. The debate is between A and D.

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by kvcpk » Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:09 am
gmat_perfect wrote:I have answered this question D.

But I have found a debate on this question. The debate is between A and D.

Thanks.
No OA declared yet?

We might need some expert advice then.
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