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by crackgmat007 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:51 pm
Support your answers with reasons pls. OA - A
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by gmat740 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:58 pm
Make a table(Sorry if the table looks distorted!)

US Soviet

Planted 100 68

Total 100 114
(agri+fallow)

So, what we see,

as compared when fallow is considered, the value of US dips, this means it has more fallow land than soviet.

B=> wrong because comparison has to be between A and B.

C=> We are talking in terms of % and not total area

D=> same as B

E=> who cares about the volume :D

Hope this helps

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by bignasty666 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:57 am
i think the answer should be D...can an expert help out here please...how can it be A...

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by gmat_dest » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:52 am
yield/fallow can be lessened either by decreasing yield or by increasing fallow area.

Hence A.

Boy, it knocked off 7 minutes :o)

I should start giving up in 2 minutes!!!

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by kris77 » Sun May 15, 2016 3:22 pm
Looking at it now, A makes sense