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vivek.kapoor83: Legendary Member; Posts: 833; Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:56 am; Thanked: 13 times

by vivek.kapoor83 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:53 am

A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which

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niraj_a: Legendary Member; Posts: 708; Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:59 amFollowed by: 1 member; Location: USA; Thanked: 13 times

by niraj_a » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:27 am

I say C.

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by 4meonly » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:18 am

I also vote for C

We have only A and C as possible answers, but if to llok at the Q in this way:

A new ……… drug is being sold for three times the price……… that …… maker charges ………………..
the price……… that
not the price……… as

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Mani_mba: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 267; Joined: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:20 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 4 times

by Mani_mba » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:57 am

I choose D.

"three times the price of ..... " appears correct to me.

What is the OA ?

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by stop@800 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:39 am

D is looking more logical to me.

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java_ka_jalwa: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 44; Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:27 am; Thanked: 2 times; GMAT Score:740

by java_ka_jalwa » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:51 pm

I vote for D.

C is definitely incorrect.

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k_abhi19: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 19; Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:13 pm; Location: INDIA; GMAT Score:710

by k_abhi19 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:38 pm

I think D is the answer... 'three times the price of X' is idiomatically correct.

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by sethids » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:45 pm

C should be the answer.

D is incorrect because it says: "three times the price of what the drug's makes charges..."

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Mani_mba: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 267; Joined: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:20 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 4 times

by Mani_mba » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:50 am

@vivek.kapoor83,

Pls post the OA.

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eccentric: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 88; Joined: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:43 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 3 times; GMAT Score:590

by eccentric » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:47 pm

The options look like this
three times the price as
three times the price than
three times the price that
three times the price of what
three times the price at which

C seem to be clear winner here

what is OA though

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gabriela13: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 21; Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:46 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Location: st petersburg fl

by gabriela13 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:30 am

I would go with C:

...three times the price....that the drug's maker charges (three times the price that the maker charges).

Good luck to you all (now working on the gmat) and thank you all (who took it).

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by priyankamishra11 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:37 am

Its answer is D, because it is more idiomatic than the rest of answers

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dumb.doofus: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 435; Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:02 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Location: San Jose, CA; Thanked: 43 times; GMAT Score:720

by dumb.doofus » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:22 pm

I think it should be "that".. you need a relative pronoun to introduce the subordinate clause

C

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sumidi: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 37; Joined: Wed May 07, 2008 2:03 pm

by sumidi » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:48 pm

I'm with the D gang. Let's see what the OA says or maybe one of the instructors can shed some insight into why C is better than D.

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Morgoth: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 316; Joined: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:04 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 36 times

by Morgoth » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:29 pm

IMO A, not with any gang though

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