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by kiranlegend » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:17 am
A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the
drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which

pls explain..
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by gmatinjuly » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:39 am
IMO D,

Three times the price of what he charges ....

Whats OA ?
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by ricky » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:16 am
IMO C.

What is OA?
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by ildude02 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:54 pm
My pick is B. But I'm little confused with which part of the sentence is underlined. I choose B sicne "than" compares the prices and the charges.
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by reachac » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:57 pm
IMO D
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by raunekk » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:36 pm
will go with D
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by NSNguyen » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:39 am
I come with A,
I think this compare verb sold and charge
is it right? OA please?
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by Mahalo » Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:09 pm
(C) three times the price that the drug's maker charges for another product

(D) three times the price of what the drug's maker charges for another product

I will go with D, but still I am not able to say why C is wrong.
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by umaa » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:10 pm
IMO A.

Pls let me know what is OA.
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by kiranlegend » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:35 pm
umaa wrote:IMO A.

Pls let me know what is OA.
yeah, it is correct. could you please elaborate?
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by umaa » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:57 pm
A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the
drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.


Since the first product sold for three times the price, the drug maker charges another product in the same price.

So, we can use "so" or "as" in the dependent clause.

B. "Than" is to compare one with another. The author is not comparing anything here. He/she is relating two products.

C. "that" - Same thing to compare one with another.

D. and E. "of what" and "at which" - It gave me an awkward sentence.


Hope this will help you. thx.
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by erjamit » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:25 am
The answer is D.

three times the price ...... the drug’s

Logically, speaking the product is sold at 3 times the price of an earlier product.

But I am not sure what is wrong with C. i.e

three times the price, ....that the drug’s

for me that is restrictive pronoun for price of the drug.

Can anyone pls explain why of what is better than that here.

Thanks
Amit
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by Vignesh.4384 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:44 am
IMO A.

Reason : As is used correctly ... and A is followed by a clause that contains a subject and a verb.
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by schumi_gmat » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:35 pm
can anbody explain why of what is correct and than is wrong?
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by rohangupta83 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:57 am
water balloons are being sold for 3 times the price, as the water ballon's maker charges for hot air balloons.

water balloons are being sold for 3 times the price, of what the water ballon's maker charges for hot air balloons.

I would pick the second one. I don't see anything wrong in using ''of what''
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