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by iongmat » Wed May 08, 2013 7:18 am

Data published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed that in 1995 there were 113,100 women incarcerated in US prisons, over seven percent of the prison population in the US, three times as much as 1985.

A three times as much as 1985
B three times as many as 1985
C triple what it was in 1985
D triple the population in 1985
E a population triple that of 1985's

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To me, it looks like none of the options is correct.

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by iongmat » Thu May 09, 2013 9:30 pm

Can someone please reply.

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iongmat: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 193; Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 5:14 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 6 times

by iongmat » Sun May 12, 2013 9:10 am

Since no one replied, let me take a stab and please let me know where I am going wrong. D is provided as the answer to this question, but I believe that is not correct. With D, the sentence would be:

Data published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed that in 1995 there were 113,100 women incarcerated in US prisons, over seven percent of the prison population in the US, triple the population in 1985.

I don't believe the above sentence is correct. "triple the population" of what? The intent is obviously to say "..of women", but there is no "of" structure on the "left hand side" of the sentence to "balance" this. In absence of that, the "population" can be of "anything".

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by hemant_rajput » Sun May 12, 2013 8:52 pm

iongmat wrote:
I don't believe the above sentence is correct.

Remember one thing SC is not about Ideal choice but about the best available choice. D is the best choice available but it is still ambiguous. This kind of confusion happen when you don't practice from the reliable source.

Hope this Helps.

I'm no expert, just trying to work on my skills. If I've made any mistakes please bear with me.

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