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by crak.gmat » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:57 pm
IMO D:

'it' refers back to the 'number'
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by nitin86 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:38 am
crak.gmat wrote:IMO D:

'it' refers back to the 'number'
Further, C/E has "run-on" construction.

", in fact possibly serving....."
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by rosh26 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:42 pm
How is it run on?
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by stubbornp » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:07 pm
the number of chips is singular...

A,C out-Lacks SVA...it should be rises & falls.

B-for attracting is wrong..

E-it looks like surrounding temp..can be served as thermometer...

D is the best option
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by pkamoako » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:36 pm
my answer is D because the "it" is referring to the singular noun - the number of chips
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by drgmatIL » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:31 am
the idiom is use+to so only D&E
I choose D because "it" refer to the number correctly
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