Re-Opened Topic : Earth's Crust

[logitech]

Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it
does in the West.

(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

[casfguy]

IMO
option B, C and D are not parallel.
option A and E are parallel.

A is more precises

[pandeyvineet24]

D for me.

[logitech]

D for me.

There is a reason the topic of this question is called RE-OPENED

Believe me I can find what the OA is. What I am trying to find is someone who can explain the question.

I M O should not be hard to find on keyboard...

[pandeyvineet24]

A ..does not have clear refrence of it. ("It" too far from Earthquake)

B and C do not compare the areas devasted

E changes the verb tense and also the meaning.

in D modifying clause, "Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, " describes the earth's crust in Eastern U.S and is closed to the modifier.. also uses the "greater ..than" construction .

[logitech]

A ..does not have clear refrence of it. ("It" too far from Earthquake)

B and C do not compare the areas devasted

E changes the verb tense and also the meaning.

in D modifying clause, "Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, " describes the earth's crust in Eastern U.S and is closed to the modifier.. also uses the "greater ..than" construction .

Thank you.

[pandeyvineet24]

logitech, is that the correct choice ?

not sure if i got it correct

[logitech]

Yes OA is D.