I am fives times as old as his daughter
I am fives times older than his daughter.


The first sentence means that my age = 5 x his daughter
The seconed sentence means that I am SIX times as old as his daughter.

Source: MGMAT SC Guide, 3rd Edition, Page 165

SO

A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

This means 5 times ( original meaning )

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

This means 4 times ( changed meaning )

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

Hi guys, need proper explanation between A and C. Also if there is an idiom, tks!

Idiomatic constructions used:

As Likely As

X more than Y; X and Y must be parallel...

X rather than Y; X and Y must be parallel...

Plan to

Likely to

Hi Logitech,

I followed the same logic but it seems GMAC does not agree... they are in fact considering "X 4 times more likely than Y" = "X 4 times as likely as Y".
Anybody seen this before???

Cucu, should be "likely to" so A, B and D are wrong.
I believe "it" in D and E has no precedent.

iamcste wrote:According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.

(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

Hi guys, need proper explanation between A and C. Also if there is an idiom, tks!

Idiomatic constructions used:

As Likely As

X more than Y; X and Y must be parallel...

X rather than Y; X and Y must be parallel...

Plan to

Likely to

Tks for the clarification. Clearly answer is C.

logitech wrote:I am fives times as old as his daughter
I am fives times older than his daughter.


The first sentence means that my age = 5 x his daughter
The seconed sentence means that I am SIX times as old as his daughter.

Source: MGMAT SC Guide, 3rd Edition, Page 165

SO

A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice

This means 5 times ( original meaning )

(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing

This means 4 times ( changed meaning )

thought to share this link in backing of logitech's brief
https://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1494289
actually I saw it first time and wasn't able to grasp at first though it is simple but needed proper explanation.

cheers

so what is the OA for this question folks

OA is C

But what is the difference btwn B & C, "who plan on practicing" Vs "to plan on practicing". Both the sentences start with the non underlined sentence "in....." ?

Slightly confused here

karthikpandian19 wrote:OA is C

But what is the difference btwn B & C, "who plan on practicing" Vs "to plan on practicing". Both the sentences start with the non underlined sentence "in....." ?

Slightly confused here

In B, it is not clear what are minority graduates likely to do. It just says that the other graduates plan to practicing something.
In C, to plan makes clear in what terms minority graduates are four times as likely as other graduates.

Can some one please explain all the options, I am not getting how to rule them out

Regards,
Veenu

I just wanted to respond to something that Logitech wrote clear back in 2008!

That is eliminating answer choices based on "the original meaning" and a "change in meaning."

There is no "original meaning." Answer choice A is not special. It is just another option. The reason to eliminate choices is because they are ILLOGICAL or UNGRAMMATICAL.

Here is an article I wrote about this some time ago. https://www.beatthegmat.com/the-truth-ab ... 76648.html