World's Population

[okigbo]

With only 5% of the world's population, US citizens consume 28% of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than 1/3 of its automobiles and use 21 times more water per capital than Europeans do

a. With
b. As
c. Being
d. Despite having
e. Although accounting for[/spoiler][/b]

[kiennguyen]

IMO A
C is not parallel
the others are wordy or wrong

[jchristopher7]

D. Despite having...

I think the sentence is trying to illustrate that the U.S. population is relatively small, but accounts for significant amounts of consumption.

[crackgmat007]

IMO A
C is not parallel
the others are wordy or wrong

With...., X - type of constructions mean that X is possessing something stated in 'With...'


E for me. (updated)

[magnolia]

E...
All other choices indicate that US citizens posses world's 5% population

[sunnyjohn]

IMO:E

[Ludacrispat26]

IMO: E

I highly doubt that it's B, as that failed spoiler attempt says.

A- Misplaced modifier.

B- Doesn't account for the fact that this large representation by US citizens is contrary to what would usually be believed

C- Sounds awkward/"being" is usually bad

D- US citizens don't "have" 5 % of the world's population, they are 5% of the world's population

E- Ding ding ding! We get what we wanted in B and at the same time get a usable verb phrase (accounting for)


What's this source/what's the OA?

[okigbo]

OA is B. Question is from OG

[okigbo]

Sorry, I meant OA is E.

[Ludacrispat26]

Sorry, I meant OA is E.

Yeah, this makes sense.

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It should be E....