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by daretodream » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:59 pm
While larger banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive.

A. cost associated with

B. costs associated with

C. costs arising from

D. cost of

E. costs of
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by harsh.champ » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:22 pm
daretodream wrote:While larger banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive.

A. cost associated with

B. costs associated with

C. costs arising from

D. cost of

E. costs of
It will be costs since we are talking about multiple things-data-processing equipment and with the development

IMO B should be the answer.
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by thephoenix » Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:30 am
daretodream wrote:While larger banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive.

A. cost associated with

B. costs associated with

C. costs arising from

D. cost of

E. costs of
C,D and E are simply incorrect
b/n A and C the diff is cost vs costs
here the cost is used as noun so it must be llel with the nonunderlined verb are
so we need plural sub i.e costs........

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