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by gmat_perfect » Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:02 am
As the etched lines on computer memory chips have become thinner and the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have vastly increased.

(A) the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(B) the chips' circuits more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(C) the chips' circuits are more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(D) their circuits are more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
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by outreach » Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:11 am
is it B?
parallelism should be maintained both X and Y- i.e both the power of chips and ''the power of '' electronic devices
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by neha.patni » Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:12 am
gmat_perfect wrote:As the etched lines on computer memory chips have become thinner and the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have vastly increased.

(A) the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(B) the chips' circuits more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(C) the chips' circuits are more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(D) their circuits are more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
IMO B

C & D - out - unnecessary "are more complex"
E - out - "Their" is ambiguous, it should be chips' circuits
As the power has increased not the electonic devices hence A is out
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by Emeraldweapon » Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:20 am
gmat_perfect wrote:As the etched lines on computer memory chips have become thinner and the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have vastly increased.

(A) the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(B) the chips' circuits more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(C) the chips' circuits are more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(D) their circuits are more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
Testing point: SVA, ||ism

Both X and Y (X n Y have to be parallel) ~> A, E out

C n D r out b/c of S-V agreement rule

B remains
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by clock60 » Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:40 am
B for me also
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by selango » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:41 am
IMO B.
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by indiantiger » Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:48 pm
(A) the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have <both x and y is not followed>
(B) the chips' circuits more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has <correct>
(C) the chips' circuits are more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has <both x and y is not followed>
(D) their circuits are more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive have < have is wrong>
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have <both x and y is not followed>
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by reply2spg » Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:40 pm
B it is
gmat_perfect wrote:As the etched lines on computer memory chips have become thinner and the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have vastly increased.

(A) the chips' circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(B) the chips' circuits more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(C) the chips' circuits are more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive has
(D) their circuits are more complex, the power of both the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
(E) their circuits more complex, both the power of the chips and the electronic devices they drive have
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