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Gmatprep SC - Sacagawea dollar

by jayhawk2001 » Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:35 pm
Answer with explanations please. OA after a few reply.

Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.

A. more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than

B. more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far lighter than

C. as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than

D. as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for

E. as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for
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by 800GMAT » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:13 pm
wow....this one is a bit tricky
IMO B

more as a substitute for x than (as a substitute for) y
more as a substitute for four quarters than (as a substitute for) the dollar bill

x weighs far lighter than Y
it weighs only 8.1 grams, far lighter than four quarters
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by discreet » Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:55 pm
One more vote for B

A: "More.....rather than" is incorrect."Less" Non-count noun - so,incorrect
C: "More than" construction awkward - changes the meaning.Uses "less"
D,E: Wordy & Awkward construction
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by jayhawk2001 » Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:24 am
OA from GMATprep is C.

This was actually the second question on my verbal section and I chose
B as well, only to find out later that it was wrong.

The sentence emphasizes on the fact that the new dollar coin will be
used as a substitute for 4 quarters than the dollar coin. So, only C, D and
E remain. Of the 3, D and E use improper constructions.
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by f2001290 » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:37 pm
B changes the meaning of the sentence by saying that Sacagawea dollar coin will be used as a dollar bill.
The intended meaning is the preference as a substitute. B fits the bill.
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by raj_verma » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:23 am
HI every one this is my first post!
My vote is for C.
The final choice for obvious reasons narrows down to B & C.
B cant be the answer because "lighter" cant be used to compare the weight of two bodies.

For ex. X's weight is lighter than Y's is not correct.
rather, X is lighther than Y.

So the correct answer is C.
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by Alex_Ivanov » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:46 pm
Yeah, I agree with you, it is C.
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