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by [email protected] » Sat May 03, 2014 7:53 am
I was sure that the answer was B, but OA is C
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by aditya8062 » Sat May 03, 2014 9:07 am
C is the only possible answer here !
rate can never be fast .rate can be greater but it can never be fast

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by AnjaliOberoi » Sat May 03, 2014 11:22 pm
Except C and E, all the options have the redundancy problem.

Rate can't be fast...

In the option E "two times greater than the 1970's" is a wrong comparison.

IMO C

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by [email protected] » Sun May 04, 2014 3:04 am
Hi,
I am little skeptic about your explanation. Why can't a rate be fast?
Rate is a quantity that may be fast or slow.

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun May 04, 2014 6:47 am
[email protected] wrote:Hi,
I am little skeptic about your explanation. Why can't a rate be fast?
Rate is a quantity that may be fast or slow.

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A rate is a MEASUREMENT of speed.
A measurement cannot be fast.
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