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In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the companys earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

A. by using the companys earnings and to profit

B. by using the companies earnings and by profiting

C. using the companies earnings and profiting

D. with the companys earnings, profiting

E. with the companies earnings and to profit

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In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the companys earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

A. by using the companys earnings and to profit - awkward! + company is singular here . ELIMINATE

B. by using the companies earnings and by profiting - to buy..to pay off ...is not parallel with by profiting. ELIMINATE

C. using the companies earnings and profiting - by is required here .- not parallel. ELIMINATE

D. with the companys earnings, profiting - companys instead of companies .ELIMINATE

E. with the companies earnings and to profit - with is correctly used . companies is correctly used. Hence CORRECT

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