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Tough one! Dancing Doll

by riteshbindal » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:09 am
The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, 40% mroe than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.

A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line

OA after some discussion. Please put reasoning along with your answers.
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by kaulnikhil » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:27 am
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by vivekjaiswal » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:04 am
IMO
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.

Reason: the statement '40% more than...' should compare the Dancing Doll line's sales and not the line itself.

Although I am not sure, can someone clarify and explain please. :)

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by pandeyvineet24 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:16 am
IMO B

For A and C, we cannot use 3 Times with "as much as".

D and E have incorrect comparison and also change the meaning of sentence. "3 times more", seems that it will be sales of Dancing line exceed the sales of Basic blocks by 4 times. Further "3 times" indicate multiplication, there should be a countable object following 3 times.

Left with B.
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by riteshbindal » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:28 am
kaulnikhil wrote:..E
Nikhil, as I asked in my question, please put the reasons along with the answer.
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by sreak1089 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:36 am
I would go with E because, "40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line" is parallel to "nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line".
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by srivas » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:09 am
One more for E

The Dancing Doll line - The Teeny Tiny Trucks line -Basic Blocks line [parallel]
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by tarapanda » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:35 am
i think it will be B. We are comparing the sales and GMAT expects us to be clear with what is being compared. Though E sounds good the sales aspect is not getting reflected properly. Here sales of X is getting compared with y's sales and Z's Sales.

Pls clarify..
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by ershovici » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:50 am
IMO the answer is E
reasons: The Dancing Doll line should be parralel with others, so the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and Basic Blocks line in E perfectly fullfil this gap
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Re: Tough one! Dancing Doll

by kaulnikhil » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:45 am
riteshbindal wrote:The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, 40% mroe than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.---we are comparing the worth of toys sold by The Dancing Doll... so did wont make sense ..did here would refer back to the verb sold so now, in case we used did , we would be comparing the no of toys sold instead of cash value of toys ..A , B and C out and out of D and E ...E is Parallel

A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line

OA after some discussion. Please put reasoning along with your answers.
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IMO E

by enniguy » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:34 pm
I have been rusty as I havent been preparing SC for sometime. So I might be wrong. IMO E. Here is why.

B,C,D wrong because of the usage of Basic Blocks and Teeny Tiny Trucks instead of Basic Blocks line and Teeny Tiny Trucks line respectively.
That leaves A and E. Consider A and split it.

The Dancing Doll line sold 40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did
The Dancing Doll line sold nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
(Wrong comparison between italicized text)

That leaves E. In fact, as opposed to the view of comparison of sales, I feel that the companies themselves are being compared and not their sales.
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by riteshbindal » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:14 pm
sreak1089 wrote:I would go with E because, "40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line" is parallel to "nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line".
Sreak, "40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line" itself is underlined. So how can you assume that we have to make the sentence parallel to this? I think we have to make the rest of the comparisons parallel to non underlined sentence. Right?
Think again for right answer with right reasoning :-)
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by riteshbindal » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:16 pm
ershovici wrote:IMO the answer is E
reasons: The Dancing Doll line should be parralel with others, so the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and Basic Blocks line in E perfectly fullfil this gap
What is 40% less? Sales of TT line or TT line itself? :wink:
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by riteshbindal » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:18 pm
pandeyvineet24 wrote:IMO B

For A and C, we cannot use 3 Times with "as much as".

D and E have incorrect comparison and also change the meaning of sentence. "3 times more", seems that it will be sales of Dancing line exceed the sales of Basic blocks by 4 times. Further "3 times" indicate multiplication, there should be a countable object following 3 times.

Left with B.
Just a caution. I have seen in many questions that GMAT comfortably exchanges "more" with "as much as". So do not assume this. I think GMAT verbal makers' quant knowledge is not much :wink: Just kidding.
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Re: IMO E

by riteshbindal » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:21 pm
enniguy wrote:I have been rusty as I havent been preparing SC for sometime. So I might be wrong. IMO E. Here is why.

B,C,D wrong because of the usage of Basic Blocks and Teeny Tiny Trucks instead of Basic Blocks line and Teeny Tiny Trucks line respectively.
That leaves A and E. Consider A and split it.

The Dancing Doll line sold 40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did
The Dancing Doll line sold nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
(Wrong comparison between italicized text)


That leaves E. In fact, as opposed to the view of comparison of sales, I feel that the companies themselves are being compared and not their sales.
In E, how can you compare sale of DD line with BB line and TT line themselves???
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