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by maihuna » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:25 am
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than
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by kc_raj » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:14 pm
IMO C twice what it was in is correct

rate and as fast as both are not needed together in one sentence

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