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by AIM GMAT » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:56 am
In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

A. by using the company's earnings and to profit
B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting
C. using the companies' earnings and profiting
D. with the company's earnings, profiting
E. with the companies' earnings and to profit
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by HSPA » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:41 am
to payoff || to profit (A/E)

stuck....

A (guessed) hoping || using ... what is the idiom I am missing AIM
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:45 am
HSPA wrote:to payoff || to profit (A/E)

stuck....

A (guessed) hoping || using ... what is the idiom I am missing AIM
You can solve this one without any idiom also , but i too had some issue with idiom thats y was confused with/by the question , lets see what others have to say on this . :)
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by atulmangal » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:47 am
AIM GMAT wrote:In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

A. by using the company's earnings and to profit
B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting
C. using the companies' earnings and profiting
D. with the company's earnings, profiting
E. with the companies' earnings and to profit
IMO E

first of all notice companies in the non-underlined part..so its companies whose earnings used to pay of the debt NOT company...hence choices A, D,out as it should be companies'...
Now to pay off is || to profit in op E...also u can rephrase as hoping to pay off is parallel to hoping to profit...hence E
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by HSPA » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:56 am
Super atul... i missed the words companies and their...thanks
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by atulmangal » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:44 am
AIM GMAT wrote:
HSPA wrote:to payoff || to profit (A/E)

stuck....

A (guessed) hoping || using ... what is the idiom I am missing AIM
You can solve this one without any idiom also , but i too had some issue with idiom thats y was confused with/by the question , lets see what others have to say on this . :)
@AIM and HSPA

Logically, one Pay off the debt with the earnings(money) NOT By using money.

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by rohu27 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:50 am
wonderful atul...
AIM,
i remember seeing this question, is it frm OG?
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:54 am
OA E . Atul caught the diffrence of company and companies , great going guys. I have started enjoying solving SC , unlike earlier .[i know comparison issue in my sentence :)]
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