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by tinashine20 » Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:26 pm
Unlike problems in mathematics, engineering and technology can have many different solutions to problems rather than almost always a unique answer.

A. engineering and technology can have many different solutions to problems rather than almost always a unique answer

B. almost always having a unique answer, many different solutions can be found for a single problem in engineering and technology

C. which almost always has a unique answer, there are many different solutions for a single problem in engineering and technology

D.which almost always have a unique answer, a single problem in engineering and technology can have many different solutions

E. rather than almost always having a unique answer, a single problem in engineering and technology can have many different solutions
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by theachiever » Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:13 pm
The answer should be D here since the subject is "Problems in Mathematics" gels well with have which is seen in option D.

A too has a "have" but it sounds awkward and wordy.

May be the experts might help us out better with it.

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:05 pm
Since our opening modifying phrase mentions problems in mathematics, we need to start the underlined portion with something that logically fits.

A (engineering and technology) does not, so it can be eliminated.

B, C, D, and E all start with a phrase modifying our initial phrase, so we need to look a little bit further in to find parallel form.

B. almost always having a unique answer, many different solutions can be found for a single problem in engineering and technology
C. which almost always has a unique answer, there are many different solutions for a single problem in engineering and technology
D. which almost always have a unique answer, a single problem in engineering and technology can have many different solutions
E. rather than almost always having a unique answer, a single problem in engineering and technology can have many different solutions

E uses "rather than", which we don't need because we've already used "unlike" to indicate a difference. D is the best option.
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