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by jeevan.Gk » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:11 am
31. A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.

(A) A star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole after it passes through a red giant stage, depending on mass.
(B) After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass, a star will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(C) After passing through a red giant stage, a star’s mass will determine if it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(D) Mass determines whether a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will compress itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
(E) The mass of a star, after passing through the red giant stage, will determine whether it compresses itself into a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
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by jeevan.Gk » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:12 am
OA is d, why B is not correct
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by skyline77 » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:08 am
jeevan.Gk wrote:OA is d, why B is not correct
"After passing through a red giant stage, depending on its mass"

This does not make sense. No clear "noun(star)" that is passing through a red giant stage.

Thanks.
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by raunekk » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:34 am
in B,
" depending on its mass," modifies red giant stage instead of star..

there is an error of dangling modifier..
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by James_83 » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:04 am
@raunekk

Can B be eliminated on base on possessive pronouns ie "its" referring to "star"?
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D is the answer

by hitmewithgmat » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:20 am
A) .....after "it" passes......
Usage of "it" is ambiguous. Does "it" refers back to what? a star? a white dwarf? a neuron star? a black hole?? uncertain. so A is out.

B) ...."depending on its mass"..... describes "stage" and it does not make sense at all. Illogical.

C) GMAT prefers "whether" to "if"

D) correct

E) ...."it"...... mass? star? ambiguous.
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by dreamzz2010 » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:10 am
IMO D

In C there is one more prob.
"After passing through a red giant stage, a star’s mass will determine if it "
Here, after passing through a red giant stage, is modifying a star's mass whereas it should modify a star!!

Regards,
Dhiraj
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by earth@work » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:15 pm
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