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by blackarrow » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:12 pm
Hi,

could someone please tell me how did you approach this SC problem. What error and why

Q- In contrast to the ongoing trade imbalances with china and japan, the United states trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country

A- Same
B- in contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan,the United states sold record exports to Mexico,reducing its trade deficit by $500million
C-When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with china and Japan, the United states sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million
D- compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan , the united states sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500million
E-compared to the ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan,the United states record exports to mexico caused a $500 million decline in trade deficit with that country.

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by ashton_s_83 » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:25 pm
between a and e, i would choose a. if my answer is correct, i will post explanation later
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IMHO

by kc_raj » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:26 pm
IMHO A, is correct
in contrast to x, Y is correctly done others have parallelism issues using contrast

what is OA?
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by Mayur Sand » Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:26 pm
IMO A

In contrast to the ongoing trade imbalances with china and japan, the United states trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country

correct parallelism trade imbalance compared
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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:09 am
I guess sold is wrong in B, C, D....can someone please confirm
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Re: Trade deficit with Mexico- Gmat Prep

by shahdevine » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:12 am
blackarrow wrote:Hi,

could someone please tell me how did you approach this SC problem. What error and why

Q- In contrast to the ongoing trade imbalances with china and japan, the United states trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country

A- Same
B- in contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan,the United states sold record exports to Mexico,reducing its trade deficit by $500million
C-When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with china and Japan, the United states sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million
D- compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan , the united states sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500million
E-compared to the ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan,the United states record exports to mexico caused a $500 million decline in trade deficit with that country.

OA- later.
a...

the thing being compared is trade imbalances that US has with other countries.

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by Thouraya » Fri May 06, 2011 6:06 am
Hi,

What's wrong with B?

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by GMATGuruNY » Fri May 06, 2011 6:22 am
In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.

A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.
B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.
C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.
D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.
E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.
I believe that the answer choices in the original post were incorrectly transcribed. Quoted above is the amended SC.

In B, C, D and E, the United States is incorrectly compared to trade imbalances. A comparison must compare apples to apples: it must compare like things. Eliminate B, C, D and E.

The correct answer is A.
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by LiquidFireAK » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:05 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote:
In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.

A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.
B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.
C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.
D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.
E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.
I believe that the answer choices in the original post were incorrectly transcribed. Quoted above is the amended SC.

In B, C, D and E, the United States is incorrectly compared to trade imbalances. A comparison must compare apples to apples: it must compare like things. Eliminate B, C, D and E.

The correct answer is A.
For E, I thought we were comparing Trade Deficit with Record Exports... is record intended to be a verb in this sentance?
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