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by vepachnh » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:29 pm
A booming population center, the Asian continent is home to over 3.5 billion people, about equivalent to the residents of all the other areas of the world combined.
A)equivalent to the residents of
B)the equivalent of those residing in
C)equal to those who reside in
D)as many as the residents of
E)as many as reside in

I am confused between D and E. Please help me in this.
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by vepachnh » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:30 pm
The correct answer is E.

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by AIM GMAT » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:40 pm
A booming population center, the Asian continent is home to over 3.5 billion people, about equivalent to the residents of all the other areas of the world combined.
A)equivalent to the residents of
B)the equivalent of those residing in
C)equal to those who reside in
D)as many as the residents of
E)as many as reside in

IMO E . The comparison is between the number of people in Asian continent to number of people in other areas in world .

as many as --- is correct in this case .
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:58 am
Hi AIMGMAT,

I am confused with C option.............can you please explain why C is wrong because i was able to eliminate answer choices A,B and D easily but got stuck between C and E :-(

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by AIM GMAT » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:09 am
aspirant2011 wrote:Hi AIMGMAT,

I am confused with C option.............can you please explain why C is wrong because i was able to eliminate answer choices A,B and D easily but got stuck between C and E :-(
C seems an incorrect comparison , it compares 3.5 billion people to those who reside in .... number cannot be compared to people.

Hope that helps.
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:10 am
yup got it, thanks a lot :-)

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