GMAT prep: emergency calls

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GMAT prep: emergency calls

by nhai2003 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:21 pm
Unlike emergency calls that travel through regular telephone lines, where they thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, cellular calls require emergency operators to determine the location of the caller.
(A) lines, where they thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, cellular calls require emergency operators to determine the location of the caller
(B) lines and thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, cellular calls require emergency operators to determine the location of the caller
(C) lines, thus automatically informing the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, the location of the caller on a cellular phone has to be determined by the operator
(D) lines, and thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, emergency operators have to determine the location of the cellular phone caller
(E) lines, thus automatically informing the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, emergency operators receiving a cellular call have to determine the location of the caller

Please help me with this one
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by blackarrow » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:32 pm
Will go with B

Unlike X, Y

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by nikhilgirdhar » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:45 pm
yeah...definitely B.

In A where they thus is awkward
Idiom used is Unlike XY : X(emergency calls) should be compared with Y(cellular calls), so we can eliminate C, D and E

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Re: GMAT prep: emergency calls

by ketkoag » Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:36 am
nhai2003 wrote:Unlike emergency calls that travel through regular telephone lines, where they thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, cellular calls require emergency operators to determine the location of the caller.
(A) lines, where they thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, cellular calls require emergency operators to determine the location of the caller
(B) lines and thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, cellular calls require emergency operators to determine the location of the caller
(C) lines, thus automatically informing the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, the location of the caller on a cellular phone has to be determined by the operator
(D) lines, and thus automatically inform the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, emergency operators have to determine the location of the cellular phone caller
(E) lines, thus automatically informing the operator of the location and phone number of the caller, emergency operators receiving a cellular call have to determine the location of the caller

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C, D, and E are out coz they do not compare emergency calls with cellular calls.. in A "they" can refer to the emergency calls or the lines. hence ambiguous. thus B is the best choice.

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by dumb.doofus » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:19 pm
A is definitely wrong coz of "they".. pronoun reference error.

B is the only one that compares cellular and emergency calls..
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by BlindVision » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:32 pm
IMO=B

Correct idiom usage as Blackarrow pointed out.
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