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by rishijhawar » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:06 am
The gyrfalcon an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinctionï¼›its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
(A) extinctionï¼›its numbers are now five times greater than
(B) extinctionï¼›its numbers are now five times more than
(C) extinction，their numbers now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction，now with fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction，now with numbers five times greater than

[spoiler]Please explain why not B instead of OA (A)
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by deep.amangmat » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:27 am
I did a google search and found a few good explanations:

1: https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/the ... t1926.html

The question is completely solved at this link:
2: https://e-gmat.com/blogs/?p=356
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by rishijhawar » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:22 pm
Aman, I saw the explanation but still not convinced why B is incorrect.
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