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by letsbeatgmat » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:08 pm
Although the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its sales at restaurants open for more than a year have declined.

A the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its

B the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales increased dramatically, its
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by sam2304 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:29 pm
A is right for parallelism - has added and have increased - both are present perfect.

B - uses present perfect first and then simple past - they are not parallel and not in sequence as well.
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by killer1387 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:47 pm
letsbeatgmat wrote:Although the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its sales at restaurants open for more than a year have declined.

A the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its

B the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales increased dramatically, its
A is correct. B transfers the act of "increased sales" before the event "company has recently added many new restaurants"--> this interpretation is wrong.

A depicts correct parallelism and event are in same chain of time; hence correct.
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by GmatKiss » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:24 am
A is correct; parallel
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