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[mandeepak]

In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority

population of the United States was nearly twice as

fast as the 1970’s.



(A) twice as fast as

(B) twice as fast as it was in

(C) twice what it was in

(D) two times faster than that of

(E) two times greater than

[ranji]

Here, rate of increase in 1980's is to be compared to the rate of increase in the 1970's

A) rate of increase [ROI] is compared with 1970's - wrong
B) correct. as..as used correctly. 'it' refers to the "rate of increase of minority population", "in the 1970's" "in the 1980's" - paralellism
C) twice what it was - awkward
D) no parallelism
E) same as A

whats the OA?

any corrections??

[yxhh2008]

agree, B is correct

[mandeepak]

OA - B

[yxhh2008]

what is OA? official answer?