After searching for a practical substitute to the inconvenie

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After searching for a practical substitute to the inconvenience and expenses entailed in owning a car, a large amount of consumers chose bicycles as a method of transport within the central business district, thus lowering congestion, pollution, and noise levels.

A. a large amount of consumers chose bicycles as a method of transport within the central business district, thus lowering congestion, pollution, and noise levels
B. a large number of consumers chose bicycles as a method of transport within the central business district, thus lowering pollution, noise levels, and congestion
C. a large number of consumers chose bicycles as a method of transport within the central business district and, in this way, lowered congestion, pollution, and noise levels
D. bicycles were chosen by a large number of consumers as a method of transport within the central business district, thus lowering congestion, pollution, and noise levels
E. consumers in large amounts chose bicycles as a method of transport within the central business district, thus lowering congestion, pollution, and noise levels

OA B

Source: Economist Gmat

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# Consumers CANNOT be amount; they can be number.
Large number of consumer-->> CORRECT.
Large amount of consumer-->> WRONG.
A and E are out.

VERB+ing, NOUN--> VERB+ing modifies the NOUN.

Example:
Wearing a white shirt, Ron went to the party. [Here, "wearing" modifies Ron.]
Look at the option D.
Searching for............, bicycles...[ It means bicycles do the "SEARCHING".] It changes the meaning of the sentence. D is out.

Look at the option C.
A large number of consumers chose bicycles.........and lowered congestion. [It means that "CONSUMERS lowered the congestion"; however, the intended meaning of the sentence is "consumers' action of choosing bicycles" lowered the congestion. ] C changes the meaning of the sentence. C is out.

Correct answer: B