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by gmatnmein2010 » Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:49 am
The exhibition of ancient Egyptian funerary art - imposing statues, intricately painted coffins, and numerous accoutrements, drew hundreds of people each day, equivalent to the number of visitors to last year's Impressionist show.

(A) equivalent to the number of visitors to
(B) the equivalent of those that visited
(C) equal to those who visited
(D) as many as the visitation to
(E) as many as visited
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by thephoenix » Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:40 am
gmatnmein2010 wrote:The exhibition of ancient Egyptian funerary art - imposing statues, intricately painted coffins, and numerous accoutrements, drew hundreds of people each day, equivalent to the number of visitors to last year's Impressionist show.

(A) equivalent to the number of visitors to
hundreds of people is plural whereas the number singular so wrong

(B) the equivalent of those that visited
equivalent of those unidiomatic


(C) equal to those who visited

(D) as many as the visitation to
awkward

(E) as many as visited

b/n B and E B is wordier than e
so IMO E
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by bhumika.k.shah » Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:45 am
I know A , B and D are wrong. Due to awkward meaning.

was confused between C and E

actually opted for C :(

Anyway got the correct explanation . Guys hope this link is helpful to you too as it was to me.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/equivalent-t ... 16581.html

I wanna know when can one use equal to , equivalent to or as many as.

Whats the difference among all three.
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by komal » Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:09 am
gmatnmein2010 wrote:The exhibition of ancient Egyptian funerary art - imposing statues, intricately painted coffins, and numerous accoutrements, drew hundreds of people each day, equivalent to the number of visitors to last year's Impressionist show.

(A) equivalent to the number of visitors to
(B) the equivalent of those that visited
(C) equal to those who visited
(D) as many as the visitation to
(E) as many as visited
equivalent is wrong because it does not apply to countable nouns. Hence (A) n (B) are out.
(E) is awkward
(D) use of the word 'visitation' is incorrect
(C) is the correct answer
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