My bad again!!!! Editing my earlier post.. I dint notice "considered as".. that's incorrect..

Should be B as explained by BTG760. many thanks.

With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Fahrenheit, Jupiter's moon Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.

A. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with
B. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its
C. Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has
D. Europa, long considered as far too cold to support life, and its
E. Europa, long considered to be far too cold to support life, and to have

Consider X Y is correct IDIOM, so this ruled out options C, D & E.

Between A & B, option (A) has incorrect construction because 2nd clause is depended clause after "AND".

Hence IMO (B).

What is OA?

It's funny that I found the original text. The sentence was taken from the NYT.

"Jupiter is the largest planet of the solar system, and its moons are the system's biggest and most mysterious. Europa, with surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Fahrenheit, has long been considered to be far too cold to support life, its 60 miles of water thought to be frozen solid from top to bottom."

c,d, and e are wrong because the correct GMAT idiom is consider X Y.
I guess a) should be eliminated because and implies that there should be another clause. However, a clause is not a clause without a verb. So, that's why the OA is b).

DERBY29 wrote:With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Fahrenheit, Jupiter's moon Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.

A. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with
B. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its
C. Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has
D. Europa, long considered as far too cold to support life, and its
E. Europa, long considered to be far too cold to support life, and to have


If anyone can help with the above sentence correction i will be most grateful.

B...

the rest of the options are run on sentences. B logically uses a possessive modifier "its".

You got this man!