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Doubt -- 2 options

by anshulagarwal12 » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:27 am
The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them; the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as "standing waves."

(A) crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, is

(B) stationary crests and troughs although they are formed by rapidly moving air, is
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:06 am
anshulagarwal12 wrote:The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them; the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as "standing waves."

(A) crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, is

(B) stationary crests and troughs although they are formed by rapidly moving air, is
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by CSASHISHPANDAY » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:26 am
I go with option crests and troughs that remain staitionary altough the air that forms them is moving rapidly, is


Reason parallelism between the 2 principal parts (crests...stationary and air...rapidly)

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