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by gmat740 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:49 pm
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The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

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by rahulg83 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:29 pm
IMO C too...
cost of is better than cost to
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:14 am
rahulg83 wrote:IMO C too...
cost of is better than cost to
I searched on the net and found this link:

https://gmatsentencecorrection.blogspot. ... 9-840.html.

There it is said that there is some tense issue in "C"....

Can someone please elaborate how there is tense issue in "C".
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Re: United States petroleum industry’s cost

by El Cucu » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:51 pm
gmat740 wrote:840

The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.
(D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

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Possesive : Industry´s ... is always wrong for gmat.
Idiom: cost to x of y
Tense: end of the decade future tense
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by vinayakdl » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:04 pm
Agree with E

"United States petroleum industry’s cost" is unidiomatic and awkward, "cost to.." more preferable.

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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:55 pm
I searched on the net...

looks that both cost to/of is acceptable in GMAT...

https://gmatclub.com/forum/list-of-idiom ... -8281.html

Can someone please elaborate "end of the decade"...causes tense error in "C" ?
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by El Cucu » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:08 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:I searched on the net...

looks that both cost to/of is acceptable in GMAT...

https://gmatclub.com/forum/list-of-idiom ... -8281.html

Can someone please elaborate "end of the decade"...causes tense error in "C" ?
That´s because you can say cost of x to y or cost to y of x
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by BhatnagarA » Sat May 31, 2014 11:52 pm
Hi
If you look closely at the meaning you can infer that

"It is estimated" and "by the end of the decade" should come together in the correct choice.

Also in (C) if you are "using by the end of decade" then future tense should be used.
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