pls solve this.

[vertigo05]

2. In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

A. by using the company's earnings and to profit
B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting
C. using the companies' earnings and profiting
D. with the company's earnings, profiting
E. with the companies' earnings and to profit

[Mani_mba]

I would choose A because " to pay off ... " and "to profit" construction looks parallel.

I welcome any other suggestions.

[anju]

IMO: C

investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt using the company's earnings profiting richly by.....

parallelism between hoping and profiting
investors buy companies hoping to pay and profiting richly

Tough choices [:)] OA pls. ?

[stubbornp]

imo A

[svarma0305]

E. pay off debt with (not using) and to profit sound right

[Mani_mba]

Here you find the explanation

https://www.beatthegmat.com/brutal-sc-t10590.html