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The latest review of pay scales in a particular company

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by gmatdriller » Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:15 pm
The latest review of pay scales in a particular company shows that marketing officers
get paid an average of 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, compared
to a ratio of 1.3
times ten years ago.

(A) that marketing officers get paid an average of 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, compared to a ratio of 1.3 times
(B) marketing officers who get paid on average 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, as compared to 1.3 times their salary, the ratio
(C) that, on average, marketing officers get paid 1.8 times the salary of product development engineers, as compared to 1.3 times their salary, the ratio
(D) marketing officers now having an average of 1.8 times the salary of a product development engineers, compared to the ratio of 1.3 times
(E) that, on average, marketing officers get paid 1.8 times the salary of product development engineers, a ratio that compares to 1.3 times

Kindly emphasize on the concrete concepts to select between [spoiler]A, C, & E[/spoiler]
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by gmatwar13 » Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:47 pm
C i would pick... I think it is the Perfect example of meaning based question..

1) "paid an average of 1.8 times more salary"... As if looks like MO is paid an average of 1.8 times more than x PD eng. i.e awkward.. saying 1.8times of PD eng salary is calculated and then its average ais given to MO. But rather the meaning should be "on average,marketing officers get paid 1.8 times the salary of product development engineers" average of what marketing officers are paid is 1.8 times the salary of PDE...
So A, B and D out

2) In E.. "a ratio that compares to 1.3 times ten years ago"... 1.3 times what.. when you say 2 times it has to specify the quantity next to it to say 2 times of what... So E is out

Left with C.

I hope it helps..
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by nanishora » Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:58 pm
gmatdriller wrote:The latest review of pay scales in a particular company shows that marketing officers
get paid an average of 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, compared
to a ratio of 1.3
times ten years ago.

(A) that marketing officers get paid an average of 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, compared to a ratio of 1.3 times
(B) marketing officers who get paid on average 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, as compared to 1.3 times their salary, the ratio
(C) that, on average, marketing officers get paid 1.8 times the salary of product development engineers, as compared to 1.3 times their salary, the ratio
(D) marketing officers now having an average of 1.8 times the salary of a product development engineers, compared to the ratio of 1.3 times
(E) that, on average, marketing officers get paid 1.8 times the salary of product development engineers, a ratio that compares to 1.3 times

Kindly emphasize on the concrete concepts to select between [spoiler]A, C, & E[/spoiler]
IMO, answer should be A. here is my reasoning. The original sentence says that they get paid more than 1.8 times not 1.8 times. So I think C,D,E should be eliminated since they are distorting the meaning of the sentence.
Among A and B, I consider B wordier. SO I will stick with A.

Can you please provide OA for the question?
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by naveenchandra kv » Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:38 am
IMO A is the correct answer.

The latest review shows-- requires "that".. So eliminate B and D.

In C--the ratio times-- in the end of the sentence is nonsensical.. Eliminate C.

In E-- Comparison is not clearly mentioned-- Use of " a ratio that compares to 1.3 times" is ambiguous.

Hope you got it..
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by gmatwar13 » Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:50 am
I would suggest you guys don't assume anything wordy or nonsensical unless you can prove it. Have a proper assertion while you say something wordy or not making sense from the original sentence.
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by pritish2301 » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:35 am
Could you please post the OA?
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:40 am
gmatdriller wrote:The latest review of pay scales in a particular company shows that marketing officers
get paid an average of 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, compared
to a ratio of 1.3
times ten years ago.

(A) that marketing officers get paid an average of 1.8 times more salary than product development engineers, compared to a ratio of 1.3 times
(C) that, on average, marketing officers get paid 1.8 times the salary of product development engineers, as compared to 1.3 times their salary, the ratio
(E) that, on average, marketing officers get paid 1.8 times the salary of product development engineers, a ratio that compares to 1.3 times
We need to look at 1.8 TIMES MORE ...and 1.3 TIMES to get a clue. It appears sentence is comparing 1.8 and 1.3. If 1.8 TIMES MORE is actually right, then we cannot compare it with 1.3 TIMES (as one is TIMES MORE and other is just TIMES). Therefore, IMO A and B are INCORRECT.

IMO C
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by gmatdriller » Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:25 am
OA is C as rightly explained by gmatwar and
patanjali
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