MGMAT

[hey_thr67]

If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.



A: If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.

B:
If the human body's intake of carbohydrates are sufficiently low, it will enter ketosis, a state in which fat is directly burned rather than metabolizing glucose.

C:
In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

D:
In cases where carbohydrate intake is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which fat rather than glucose is directly metabolized.

E:
If the sufficient intake of carbohydrates is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which its metabolism burns not glucose but fat.

[Jim@StratusPrep]

A) the it could refer to human body or ketosis - incorrect
B) the first it refers to intake - incorrect
C) it has multiple references again and the comparison at the end is off
D) CORRECT
E) The beginning of the sentence makes no sense

In general there are a lot of pronoun issues and the word sufficient is not needed in any of the sentences.

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Hi Jim,

The official answer is C
the answer "D. In cases where " is wrong because...where can only be used with physical location

However I see an issue with answer choice C
In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

the bold faced it above is ambiguous ..is it used for human body or ketosis>

[hey_thr67]

It can not refer to ketosis here. It is cleanly referring to human body. IMO is C.

[Bill@VeritasPrep]

Hi Jim,

The official answer is C
the answer "D. In cases where " is wrong because...where can only be used with physical location

However I see an issue with answer choice C
In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

the bold faced it above is ambiguous ..is it used for human body or ketosis>

"...ketosis, a state in which ketosis directly metabolizes..." does not make much sense, but "...ketosis, a state in which the human body directly metabolizes..." does. "It" can logically only refer to "the human body."

[diebeatsthegmat]

Hi Jim,

The official answer is C
the answer "D. In cases where " is wrong because...where can only be used with physical location

However I see an issue with answer choice C
In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

the bold faced it above is ambiguous ..is it used for human body or ketosis>

where do you find this question. it doesnt make any sense for me and i do not understand why C is wrong and i dont understand why D is right either. it doesnt make any sense for me for those answer choices

[abcgmat]

The OA seems to be C from 'viv.yadav' posts so i think you are correct
'[email protected] wrote:
Hi Jim,

The official answer is C
the answer "D. In cases where " is wrong because...where can only be used with physical location '

[stalwart2012]

"...ketosis, a state in which ketosis directly metabolizes..." does not make much sense, but "...ketosis, a state in which the human body directly metabolizes..." does. "It" can logically only refer to "the human body."

I understand that "human body" logically fits here. But we can't use logic to decide if its ambiguous or not? IMO the antecedent should be clear enough to point out the noun.

[Bill@VeritasPrep]

"...ketosis, a state in which ketosis directly metabolizes..." does not make much sense, but "...ketosis, a state in which the human body directly metabolizes..." does. "It" can logically only refer to "the human body."

I understand that "human body" logically fits here. But we can't use logic to decide if its ambiguous or not? IMO the antecedent should be clear enough to point out the noun.

Why would we not use logic?

In any event, we can also use grammatical roles to differentiate. "Human body" is used as a subject, and "ketosis" is used as an object. "It" serves as a subject as well, so we can correctly link it to "human body."

[GMATGuruNY]

If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.



A: If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.

B:
If the human body's intake of carbohydrates are sufficiently low, it will enter ketosis, a state in which fat is directly burned rather than metabolizing glucose.

C:
In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

D:
In cases where carbohydrate intake is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which fat rather than glucose is directly metabolized.

E:
If the sufficient intake of carbohydrates is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which its metabolism burns not glucose but fat.

In A and E, sufficiently/sufficient and enough are redundant. Eliminate A and E.

In B, intake (singular) does not agree with are (plural). Eliminate B.

In D, where cannot be used to refer to CASES; where can refer only to a place. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is C.

In C, there is no doubt about the referent for IT:
The human body enters ketosis, a state in which IT directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.
Here, a state is in APPOSITION to ketosis.
Nouns in apposition refer to the SAME THING: ketosis = a state.
Thus, if IT were referring to ketosis, then the meaning conveyed would be the following:
KETOSIS is a state in which KETOSIS directly metabolizes fat.
This meaning makes no sense.
Further, the referent for which is A STATE, which in turn refers to KETOSIS.
How could which and it --two adjacent pronouns -- be referring to the same thing?
Clearly, IT refers to THE HUMAN BODY:
Ketosis is a state in which THE HUMAN BODY directly metabolizes fat.

[Jpp]

Hi Mitch -

The original version ->

If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.

Option C ->

In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

In C, isn't the modifier marked in Bold changes the meaning to make it ambiguous.

Original version says " Human body metabolizes fat directly instead of using glucose to metabolizes fat - CORRECT?

Now Option C says "Human body directly metabolizes fat and doesn't not metabolizes glucose when in a state of ketosis"

Am i reading this one correctly?

Cheers

[Jpp]

If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.



A: If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.

B:
If the human body's intake of carbohydrates are sufficiently low, it will enter ketosis, a state in which fat is directly burned rather than metabolizing glucose.

C:
In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

D:
In cases where carbohydrate intake is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which fat rather than glucose is directly metabolized.

E:
If the sufficient intake of carbohydrates is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which its metabolism burns not glucose but fat.

In A and E, sufficiently/sufficient and enough are redundant. Eliminate A and E.

In B, intake (singular) does not agree with are (plural). Eliminate B.

In D, where cannot be used to refer to CASES; where can refer only to a place. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is C.

In C, there is no doubt about the referent for IT:
The human body enters ketosis, a state in which IT directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.
Here, a state is in APPOSITION to ketosis.
Nouns in apposition refer to the SAME THING: ketosis = a state.
Thus, if IT were referring to ketosis, then the meaning conveyed would be the following:
KETOSIS is a state in which KETOSIS directly metabolizes fat.
This meaning makes no sense.
Further, the referent for which is A STATE, which in turn refers to KETOSIS.
How could which and it --two adjacent pronouns -- be referring to the same thing?
Clearly, IT refers to THE HUMAN BODY:
Ketosis is a state in which THE HUMAN BODY directly metabolizes fat.

Hi Mitch -

The original version ->

If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.

Option C ->

In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

In C, isn't the modifier marked in Bold changes the meaning to make it ambiguous.

Original version says " Human body metabolizes fat directly instead of using glucose to metabolizes fat - CORRECT?

Now Option C says "Human body directly metabolizes fat and doesn't not metabolizes glucose when in a state of ketosis"

Am i reading this one correctly?

Cheers

[gui_guimaraes]

If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.



A: If the intake of carbohydrates is sufficiently low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, where it metabolizes fat directly rather than using glucose.

B:
If the human body's intake of carbohydrates are sufficiently low, it will enter ketosis, a state in which fat is directly burned rather than metabolizing glucose.

C:
In the case of a sufficiently low carbohydrate intake, the human body enters ketosis, a state in which it directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.

D:
In cases where carbohydrate intake is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which fat rather than glucose is directly metabolized.

E:
If the sufficient intake of carbohydrates is low enough, the human body will enter ketosis, in which its metabolism burns not glucose but fat.

In A and E, sufficiently/sufficient and enough are redundant. Eliminate A and E.

In B, intake (singular) does not agree with are (plural). Eliminate B.

In D, where cannot be used to refer to CASES; where can refer only to a place. Eliminate D.

The correct answer is C.

In C, there is no doubt about the referent for IT:
The human body enters ketosis, a state in which IT directly metabolizes fat rather than glucose.
Here, a state is in APPOSITION to ketosis.
Nouns in apposition refer to the SAME THING: ketosis = a state.
Thus, if IT were referring to ketosis, then the meaning conveyed would be the following:
KETOSIS is a state in which KETOSIS directly metabolizes fat.
This meaning makes no sense.
Further, the referent for which is A STATE, which in turn refers to KETOSIS.
How could which and it --two adjacent pronouns -- be referring to the same thing?
Clearly, IT refers to THE HUMAN BODY:
Ketosis is a state in which THE HUMAN BODY directly metabolizes fat.

@GMATGuruNY Hi Mitch! In (D) and (E), the " , in which" is right? Or the correct way is to use the appositive "a state in which"? Tks!