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by gmattesttaker2 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:38 pm

Hello,

Can you please assist with this? This is from MGMAT CAT. Thanks for your help.

American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should ... 26 seconds.

Answer choices:

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event

OA: D

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:40 am

gmattesttaker2 wrote:American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds.

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event

In A, B and E, should implies a RECOMMENDATION.
According to researchers, what SHOULD happen every 26 seconds?
In other words, what do the researchers RECOMMEND?
They recommend the following:
That a person should experience a coronary event.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate A, B and E.

C conveys a nonsensical meaning: an EVENT cannot STRIKE someone.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.

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by gmattesttaker2 » Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:40 pm

GMATGuruNY wrote:
gmattesttaker2 wrote:American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds.

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event
In A, B and E, should implies a RECOMMENDATION.
According to researchers, what SHOULD happen every 26 seconds?
In other words, what do the researchers RECOMMEND?
They recommend the following:
That a person should experience a coronary event.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate A, B and E.

C conveys a nonsensical meaning: an EVENT cannot STRIKE someone.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.

This SC is modeled after an official SC from GMAC. Check here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-meteorite-t89650.html

Hello Mitch,

Thank you very much for your explanation.

Best Regards,
Sri

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by asdfghjklasdfghjkl » Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:52 am

GMATGuruNY wrote:
gmattesttaker2 wrote:American Heart Association researchers have calculated that one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds.

A) one person in the United States should experience a coronary event every 26 seconds
B) a person in the United States should experience a coronary event once in every 26 seconds
C) a coronary event will strike one person in the United States once in every 26 seconds
D) every 26 seconds a person in the United States will experience a coronary event
E) every 26 seconds a person in the United States should experience a coronary event
In A, B and E, should implies a RECOMMENDATION.
According to researchers, what SHOULD happen every 26 seconds?
In other words, what do the researchers RECOMMEND?
They recommend the following:
That a person should experience a coronary event.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate A, B and E.

C conveys a nonsensical meaning: an EVENT cannot STRIKE someone.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.

This SC is modeled after an official SC from GMAC. Check here:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-meteorite-t89650.html

Am I right to say that E is incorrect because "should" implies moral obligation ? The same questions is on gmatclub, but there Answer choice E is marked as the correct one.

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:30 am

asdfghjklasdfghjkl wrote:Am I right to say that E is incorrect because "should" implies moral obligation ?

Yes, the usage of should seems to imply that a person is OBLIGATED to experience a coronary event.

The same questions is on gmatclub, but there Answer choice E is marked as the correct one.

Any post that identifies E as the OA is incorrect.
The correct answer is D.

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