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46. A nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance

46. According to Interstudy, a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMO’s), they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be.

(A) they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be
(B) compared to only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s being profitable last year, they estimate 73 percent would be this year
(C) only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s were profitable last year; it estimates that this year 73 percent will be
(D) it estimates 73 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s would be profitable this year; last year that was only 36 percent
(E) only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s last year were profitable, whereas they estimate it this year to be 73 percent

Written by Take GMAT Team on June 22nd, 2008 with 25 comments.
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Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com sachinchopra
#1. June 30th, 2007, at 8:32 PM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com mukund
#2. June 30th, 2007, at 8:45 PM.

E

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Sasha
#3. July 1st, 2007, at 1:09 AM.

Looks like the answer is C. E is out because of “they estimate”.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com AP
#4. July 1st, 2007, at 9:35 PM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com babun
#5. July 1st, 2007, at 10:54 PM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Nandish
#6. July 2nd, 2007, at 11:06 AM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com MANISH SHAH
#7. July 2nd, 2007, at 12:45 PM.

The answer is C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Kashif
#8. July 2nd, 2007, at 1:48 PM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com San
#9. July 2nd, 2007, at 4:12 PM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Byron
#10. July 3rd, 2007, at 7:29 AM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com tanya
#11. July 4th, 2007, at 9:35 AM.

answer is A

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com gaurav
#12. July 5th, 2007, at 9:20 AM.

A

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com GOPI
#13. July 15th, 2007, at 9:15 PM.

CCCCCCCCCC

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com srikanth
#14. July 16th, 2007, at 9:14 PM.

c

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com saurabh
#15. July 30th, 2007, at 4:32 PM.

c

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Sandeep
#16. August 5th, 2007, at 11:44 AM.

“They” rules out many options

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com BSol
#17. August 16th, 2007, at 5:13 AM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com vishalsmantri
#18. August 30th, 2007, at 7:16 PM.

E

C can’t be correct, bcoz for plural we can’t use will;it should be would.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Take Gmat
#19. April 28th, 2008, at 3:44 PM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Manisha Sachdeva
#20. June 22nd, 2008, at 11:34 AM.

Answer is C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com navyadwkr
#21. June 23rd, 2008, at 1:30 PM.

Am going with E. Take GMAT team - what z the right ans?

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com kgarimella
#22. June 24th, 2008, at 10:01 AM.

its C ….i’ve done this before

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com tyagi.neha
#23. June 25th, 2008, at 12:38 PM.

C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com jaspal_jaspal
#24. July 5th, 2008, at 7:20 PM.

Can any1 tell me wts wrong with B..

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com jayjk78
#25. July 9th, 2008, at 10:56 PM.

B is wrong because GMAT hates the word “being” and “they” refers to
Interstudy which is singular.ie Interstudy is a single organisation and
the pronoun must be “it” not “they”

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