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by gmat009 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:23 am
It takes a deft balance between savings discipline, investment knowledge, risk taking, luck, and time to raise a million dollars through investments.
(A) It takes a deft balance between
(B) Deft balancing is needed between
(C) Deftly balanced, it takes
(D) It takes a deft balance of
(E) A deft balance is what one needs among
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Re: Deft Balance

by iamcste » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:30 am
gmat009 wrote:It takes a deft balance between savings discipline, investment knowledge, risk taking, luck, and time to raise a million dollars through investments.
(A) It takes a deft balance between
(B) Deft balancing is needed between
(C) Deftly balanced, it takes
(D) It takes a deft balance of
(E) A deft balance is what one needs among

D

Between and among just mess around....
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by mals24 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:32 am
IMO D

Guys please correct me if my reasoning is wrong regarding between and among.

I feel you use between and among if you have to choose between 2 things or 2 or more things respectively.
In this sentence we are not choosing what factors help to raise millions of dollars.
We are listing the different factors that help us. So A,B,E are out.

In C deftly balanced modifies it, which is incorrect.

So only option left is D. Plus its concise and clear.
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by iamcste » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:39 am
mals24 wrote:IMO D

Guys please correct me if my reasoning is wrong regarding between and among.

I feel you use between and among if you have to choose between 2 things or 2 or more things respectively.
In this sentence we are not choosing what factors help to raise millions of dollars.
We are listing the different factors that help us. So A,B,E are out.

In C deftly balanced modifies it, which is incorrect.

So only option left is D. Plus its concise and clear.

Yes thats right :)
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by schumi_gmat » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:47 am
IMO D,


Here we are not talking about balance among things.

Here we are saying what is required to raise X. Ans is balance of x,y,z

Also, Takes X to raise Y is correct idiom


e.g It takes $10 to raise a child

Similarly, it takes a deft balance to raise million dollars.
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Re: Deft Balance

by logitech » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:13 pm
It takes a deft balance between X and Y to raise a million dollars through investments.


Well I am not sure whether you can treat the whole phrase as one noun but..

OA is D

This is one of the 1000 SC questions: # 450

https://www.beatthegmat.com/1000-sc-450-t5710.html
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