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by gmat740 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:49 pm
Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

A. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
thereby boosting.
B. In converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and
lowering prices, which boost.
C. Of converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
which boosts.
D. Of harvested trees being converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, it will stimulate demand, because it will increase supply and lower prices, thereby boosting.
E. When harvested trees are converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply
and lowering prices, which boost.

[spoiler]OA-B
IMO-A[/spoiler]

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by madhur_ahuja » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:03 am
I would go with A. Explanations can be found in discussions you have already posted...
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by ketkoag » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:12 am
I am no expert but here are my 2 cents..
I selected A initially but after checking the OA i felt that i did a mistake while choosing A..
IMO In A 'it' clearly refers to improved efficiency.. what is ambiguous here is "thereby boosting". Who is boosting the consumption, the prices, the demand or the improved efficiency..?
this problem is solved in B by including "which" that clearly refers to "prices"..
gmat740 wrote:Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

A. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
thereby boosting.
B. In converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and
lowering prices, which boost.
C. Of converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
which boosts.
D. Of harvested trees being converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, it will stimulate demand, because it will increase supply and lower prices, thereby boosting.
E. When harvested trees are converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply
and lowering prices, which boost.

[spoiler]OA-B
IMO-A[/spoiler]

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by maihuna » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:16 am
I think B suffers from parallelism error as well, see the senses increasing, lowering, boosting.

as for as referrant to which is concerned I do not think it only refers to prices as prices is tied up with demand using and.

imo A
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by crejoc » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:15 am
bumping this thread to get some experts insight with this problem. Thanks in advance.
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by Ludacrispat26 » Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:13 am
More chatter here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/sc-improved-e ... 62966.html

The OA shocked me. What is the source of this?
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by mehravikas » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:58 pm
Good Question !! I'll go with 'A'...!!
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by [email protected] » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:56 pm
IMO: B

With answer choise A, there exists a confusion with the usage of "it"....

Choice B elimates this with "demand".....
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by 2010gmat » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:19 am
i will choose B over A...had there been no thereby in choice A..i would have selected A...

it in choice A clearly refers to improved efficiency ....it refers to the subject of preceding clause...
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IMO A

by kiennguyen » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:48 am
in choice B, "which" replaces to what? ans is it the verb:"boost" in the right form?
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by 2010gmat » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:51 am
boost is in the correct form...

it will stimulate demand because of x and y, which boost consumption {x and y boost consumption}
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by mmslf75 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:08 am
gmat740 wrote:Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

A. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
thereby boosting.
B. In converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and
lowering prices, which boost.
C. Of converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
which boosts.
D. Of harvested trees being converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, it will stimulate demand, because it will increase supply and lower prices, thereby boosting.
E. When harvested trees are converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply
and lowering prices, which boost.

[spoiler]OA-B
IMO-A[/spoiler]

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by hrishi19884 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:09 am
mmslf75 wrote:
gmat740 wrote:Although improved efficiency in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices, thereby boosting consumption.

A. in converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
thereby boosting.
B. In converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply and
lowering prices, which boost.
C. Of converting harvested trees into wood products may reduce harvest
rates, it will stimulate demand by increasing supply and lowering prices,
which boosts.
D. Of harvested trees being converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, it will stimulate demand, because it will increase supply and lower prices, thereby boosting.
E. When harvested trees are converted into wood products may reduce
harvest rates, demand will be stimulated because of increasing supply
and lowering prices, which boost.

[spoiler]OA-B
IMO-A[/spoiler]

lots of discussion on this question in the other forum. I need some expert opinion on this.

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I am not an expert but still IMHO it should be A.
My reason would be ->active speech used in A "it will stimulate demand" where as it is passive in B "demand will be stimulated".....Also, "GMAT" generally don't like to eat passive vegetables ;-)
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by loveusonu » Sun May 09, 2010 6:09 am
Was going through this..Yet no clear answer.
Could any1 explain why A is Incorrect?
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