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by umaa » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:03 pm
By applying optimization techniques commonly used to plan operations, it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms.
it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms
a company’s managers can determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of the company’s products in order to meet its short and long term goals
it can be determined by company managers how much effort ought to be devoted to each of the company’s products in order to meet its goals, both short and long term
it may be possible for company managers to determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s short and long term goals
managers at a company can determine how much effort ought to be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s goals in both the short and long term

OA is B.

Don't you think ITS GOALS means Company's Goals?
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by JTizzle » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:16 pm
umaa wrote:By applying optimization techniques commonly used to plan operations, it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms.
it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms
a company’s managers can determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of the company’s products in order to meet its short and long term goals
it can be determined by company managers how much effort ought to be devoted to each of the company’s products in order to meet its goals, both short and long term
it may be possible for company managers to determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s short and long term goals
managers at a company can determine how much effort ought to be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s goals in both the short and long term

OA is B.

Don't you think ITS GOALS means Company's Goals?
You cannot use the word 'it' after the initial section of the sentence 'By applying optimization techniques commonly used to plan operations,' because it is ambiguous. You don't know what the 'it' is. 'It' could be the 'company's products' goals, or the company's goals or anything else. That eliminates a,c,d. Then finally b is better because of the overly wordy way that they've phrased 'the company's goals in both the short and long term' you can use 'its' to substitute for the company here because in this clause it has a proper referent.
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by viju9162 » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:06 pm
The first phrase should modify or refer to the respective subject. It says, " By applying optimization techniques commonly used to plan operations" . Who is optimizing? It is the manager.

Hence, we are left with B and E. E is very lengthy and sounds bit passive.

Therefore, B is the right answer.
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