Hospital - Tough

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Hospital - Tough

by gmatblood » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:40 am
Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents, twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work more than 95 hours a week.

A) twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
B) an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals have found all twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
C) an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
D) twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officials who found all twelve breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and more than half the surgical residents work
E) an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals, all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
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by GmatKiss » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:41 am
IMO: C

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by rohangupta83 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:51 am
IMO C

A is out - "finding that all twelve consistently break the laws" not sure whether this modifies hospitals or medical officials

B is out - uses "have" for investigation

D is out - "who" refers to whom?

E is out - weird construction, awkward "of twelve hospitals, all twelve consistently" redundant, almost feels like a mind meld.

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by Goal760 » Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:58 am
If you are confused that the underlyined part should start with twelve hospitals or an investigation , the the esiest way is to check the starting sentence.

"Almost a decade after.." , in this "after" makes the part before the comma as dependent clause. Means his sentence is not logically complete and you need to join this with a sentence that can complete the meaning of it.

You need to have something which happened a decade after.. .
No we have choice between "an investigation" happened a decade after or "twelve hospitals" happened a decade after. So esily you can see that an investigation is the only right choice here.

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