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by vipulgoyal » Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:35 pm
Combined, Texas and Kansas raise cattle that are worth almost as much as that of the forty-eight states that remain.
(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the forty-eight states that remain.
(B) of a worth that is almost as much as the forty-eight states that remain.
(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining forty-eight states.
(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining forty-eight states.
(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining forty-eight states.

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by vipulgoyal » Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:11 pm
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by Aman verma » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:20 am
vipulgoyal wrote:Combined, Texas and Kansas raise cattle that are worth almost as much as that of the forty-eight states that remain.
(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the forty-eight states that remain.
(B) of a worth that is almost as much as the forty-eight states that remain.
(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining forty-eight states.
(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining forty-eight states.
(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining forty-eight states.

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Hello Vipulgoyal,

The answer IMOE.The pronoun should be plural "those" to refer to the cattle of 48 states. The reference is Cataphoric. The Idiom used is "as much as".The initial adverbial 'combined' is correctly positioned. The construction used in other options is not grammatical.
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:17 am
vipulgoyal wrote:Combined, Texas and Kansas raise cattle that are worth almost as much as that of the forty-eight states that remain.
(A) that are worth almost as much as that of the forty-eight states that remain.
(B) of a worth that is almost as much as the forty-eight states that remain.
(C) almost as much in worth as those of the remaining forty-eight states.
(D) almost as much in worth as that of the remaining forty-eight states.
(E) worth almost as much as those of the remaining forty-eight states.

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Note that cattle is a PLURAL noun.

A: that of the forty-eight states
D: that of the remaining forty-eight states
In these options, that (singular) lacks a clear antecedent.
Eliminate A and D.

B: cattle of a worth that is almost as much as the forty-eight states
Here, the worth of CATTLE is compared to THE FORTY-EIGHT STATES -- an illogical comparison.
Eliminate B.

C: cattle almost as much
Here, much cannot serve to refer to a countable noun such as cattle.
Eliminate C.

The correct answer is E.
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by vipulgoyal » Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:26 am
Hi Mitch, I thought "worth of rising cattle compared" (which is singular) so i marked A

Indeed the OA is E,
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:34 am
vipulgoyal wrote:Hi Mitch, I thought "worth of rising cattle compared" (which is singular) so i marked A

Indeed the OA is E,
A: cattle that are worth almost as much as that
Here, worth is an ADJECTIVE serving to modify CATTLE.
What KIND of cattle?
cattle...WORTH almost as much.
Since the that in red is a singular pronoun, it cannot serve to stand in for worth (adjective) or for cattle (plural).
Eliminate A.
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by vipulgoyal » Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:58 am
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