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by uptowngirl92 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:40 am
While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.

a. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to that of the entire country of Pakistan.

b. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography, the state of NJ in the USA and the country of Pakistan have GDPs that are roughly equivalent.

Guys why is "a" wrong?
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by adroit.gmat » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:46 am
The two things that differ (in size, population etc.) are the countries and not the GDP
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Re: two differ greatly

by mittalashwani13 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:47 am
uptowngirl92 wrote:While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.

a. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to that of the entire country of Pakistan.

b. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography, the state of NJ in the USA and the country of Pakistan have GDPs that are roughly equivalent.

Guys why is "a" wrong?

the sentence means to say that

"While the NJ and the Pakistan differ greatly in size, population and geography, the state of NJ in the USA and the country of Pakistan have GDPs that are roughly equivalent."

"While the NJ and the Pakistan differ greatly in size, population and geography" -> this modifier can't modify 'the GDP' as in choice a
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by gmat740 » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:42 pm
While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.

a. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to that of the entire country of Pakistan.

b. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography, the state of NJ in the USA and the country of Pakistan have GDPs that are roughly equivalent.

Guys why is "a" wrong?
Please look the Bold part. The bold part is modifying the part in Red.(GDP) Which in fact is wrong.
The bold part must modify a region/country etc.

In GMAT we term these kinds of problem as Apple to Oranges Comparison

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by bignasty666 » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:13 pm
gmat740 wrote:
While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.

a. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to that of the entire country of Pakistan.

b. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography, the state of NJ in the USA and the country of Pakistan have GDPs that are roughly equivalent.

Guys why is "a" wrong?
Please look the Bold part. The bold part is modifying the part in Red.(GDP) Which in fact is wrong.
The bold part must modify a region/country etc.

In GMAT we term these kinds of problem as Apple to Oranges Comparison

Hope this Helps
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Re: two differ greatly

by shambhavi » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:04 am
PLEASE TLL ME THE ANSWER OF THIS QUESTION...........


uptowngirl92 wrote:While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to the entire country of Pakistan.

a. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography,the GDP of the state of NJ in the USA is roughly equivalent to that of the entire country of Pakistan.

b. While the two differ greatly in size,population,and geography, the state of NJ in the USA and the country of Pakistan have GDPs that are roughly equivalent.

Guys why is "a" wrong?
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