Female Grad Students

[ShobhitK282]

Hi Experts,

I don't understand the purpose of underlined portion. Isn't this the case of back to back modifiers? The underlined portion should be modifying "almost 42% of the graduate students in those fields" and in that case answer c would refer to percentages?

Please help me understand this confusion on modifiers?

Also, I'm unclear on why can't that refer to 190K number as that is the number mentioned in context of year?

[rustom.hakimiyan]

Hi,

Can someone explain the difference between B and C?

My interpretation was as follows:

B) Twice as many(students) as 1981.
C) Double the figure(of students) for 1981

I thought that B was more concise since both B and C omitted "students"?

[WenT360]

Actually I can't pick an answer from the 5 choices, I am not intended to question the OFFICIAL ANSWER.

I am confused about the C because no Main subject in the sentence do the action "double", and I think "doubling" should be the right one.

I knew A/B are wrong, because the comparison between students and 1981;
D is wrong because the pronoun "it" has no antecedent;
and E is incorrect for A of B's。

I am not a native speaker and really confused about C, is there any sentence fragment?

[CrystalSpringston]

Actually I can't pick an answer from the 5 choices, I am not intended to question the OFFICIAL ANSWER.

I am confused about the C because no Main subject in the sentence do the action "double", and I think "doubling" should be the right one.

I knew A/B are wrong, because the comparison between students and 1981;
D is wrong because the pronoun "it" has no antecedent;
and E is incorrect for A of B's。

I am not a native speaker and really confused about C, is there any sentence fragment?

I have the same question. I took "double" as a verb, so eliminated both C and D.
If C is correct, would any expert help to explain it?
Thank you.

[BaranidaranP390]

Hi MGMAT Team,

I have the same question as Shobhit282 above. Could anyone of you help me understand?

Thanks.

[jamiet580]

If you omit the percentage part, then your version works. ("Twice as many" would need to describe the number of people, of course; you can't use "many" for percentages.)

Right now, though, the modifier is stuck next to the percentage figure, implying that the percentage (not the number of students) is "double the figure for 1981".

hello Ron

the explain says
"Double the figure" places the emphasis on the number of female graduate students, and correctly completes the comparison between the number of people in one year (198,133 in 2003) and the number of people in another year (the figure for 1981)."

Does it mean that "double" makes a comparison between number of students in 2003 and 1981?


And can you help to explain the function of "double"?
I think "double" here works as a verb?
but i am confused...are there two verbs in this sentence without a connection?


Thank you for help!

[NehaM981]

hi

Why d is wrong ??

What is "it" referring to ??


Thanks

[NehaM981]

hi

Can the experts please reply to the question .


Thanks

[SherlyZ887]

OMY, I have been stuck by the answers C and E for one hour. Why E is wrong? Can someone help? Help.

[RonPurewal]

• modifiers are not placed unnecessarily far from the things they modify. if there are 2 statistics, the modifier should describe whichever statistic is closer to it.

• the only answer choice with "twice as many" is B, which is nonsense anyway (since that statistic cannot meaningfully be compared to the year 1981).

[Macklemost]

If you omit the percentage part, then your version works. ("Twice as many" would need to describe the number of people, of course; you can't use "many" for percentages.)

Right now, though, the modifier is stuck next to the percentage figure, implying that the percentage (not the number of students) is "double the figure for 1981".

Excuse me experts, I crossed out the choice C because I thought "double" should be "doubling" in order to be a noun modifier. It seems that double here is a verb. How does C work as a modifier? Do you mind shedding light on it?

OR, does the "double" serve as a noun, so that the whole phrase "double the figure for 1981" becomes an appositive which modifies the percentage--42%? Like "double" in this phrase I found in CAT: This past season, the number of flagrant fouls was double the number from the season

[RonPurewal]

this use of "double" is basically the same as "twice".

We entertained 400 guests, twice the number we had originally expected.
We entertained 400 guests, double the number we had originally expected.

[RonPurewal]

^^ besides, which choice did you think was correct?

[JbhB682]

Experts - can you please explain why B compares students to a year

Following was my interpretation of B

B) ........ Twice as many (students) as 1981.....

the "As many as" is referring to students per my interpretation ..

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So i thought i was comparing 198 k students in the non underlined to (students) in the underlined

please assist

[JbhB682]

Hi if C is right, is the following sentence (made up so no issues of copyright) also right ...

i dont see how my sentence is right as it sounds wrong to say

in 2003, I ate 5 burgers, double the figure for 1981