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Why option "E" wrong?... tests..compared to tests
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The problem with {E} is that the part between commas "diseases that typically.." seems to give a false meaning that diseases rather than tests are costing less than 100$
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Hi mukherjee.tanuj3,
This SC is built on Comparison and Modification rules:
1) Comparison - the word "unlike" at the beginning of the sentence tells us that we'll have to compare similar things that differ in some way. 3 of the answers make an improper comparison:
Answer A: compares "many routine tests" with "many newly discovered genetic defects"
Answer B: compares "diabetes or high cholesterol" with "tests"
Answer C: compares "diabetes or high cholesterol" with "tests"
Answer D: compares "routine tests" with "tests"
Answer E: compares "routine tests" with "tests"
Eliminate A, B and C
2) Modification - the "tests" are what cost money, not "the diseases". Eliminate E.
Final Answer: D
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
This SC is built on Comparison and Modification rules:
1) Comparison - the word "unlike" at the beginning of the sentence tells us that we'll have to compare similar things that differ in some way. 3 of the answers make an improper comparison:
Answer A: compares "many routine tests" with "many newly discovered genetic defects"
Answer B: compares "diabetes or high cholesterol" with "tests"
Answer C: compares "diabetes or high cholesterol" with "tests"
Answer D: compares "routine tests" with "tests"
Answer E: compares "routine tests" with "tests"
Eliminate A, B and C
2) Modification - the "tests" are what cost money, not "the diseases". Eliminate E.
Final Answer: D
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
