GMAT Prep SC

[AnkurB636]

Hi, I found the following problem on GMATprep. I am not sure why E is correct. Can someone explain which role "with the result that they are " is playing in E?

Unlike frogs that metamorphose from tadpoles into adults within a one-year period, it takes three to four years for the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada to reach adulthood, and so they are restricted to deeper bodies of water that do not dry up in summer or freeze solid in winter.

(A) it takes three to four years for the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada to reach adulthood, and so they are
(B) it takes the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada three to four years until it reaches adulthood, and therefore it is
(C) in the Sierra Nevada, mountain yellow-legged tree frogs take three to four years to reach adulthood, thus being
(D) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years until they reach adulthood, thus
(E) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years to reach adulthood, with the result that they are

PS: A similar question is there on the forum, but in this question last option is changed.

thanks
ankur

[RonPurewal]

I am not sure why E is correct.

^^ that's ... not really a thing that has an answer.

it makes sense to ask "why is xxxx wrong?", but it doesn't make sense to ask why something is correct.
correct constructions are just correct constructions; your job is to see them and say "ok, i recognize that kind of thing."

[RonPurewal]

Can someone explain which role "with the result that they are " is playing in E?

what's your understanding here?

how is "they are restricted to ..." related to the earlier stuff?

the relation should be clear in context. if you can spell it out, you can answer your own question here.

[RonPurewal]

also, if you understand the sentence that another student found here...
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p111286
... then you'll also understand the workings of this sentence, which is exactly analogous to that one.

[AnkurB636]

Thanks Ron.

[tim]

:)

[RonPurewal]

Thanks Ron.

sure.

more generally (and more importantly), making analogies to simpler sentences is the most effective way to learn this stuff. our brains run on analogies, not on "principles".

whenever you learn a new principle, IMMEDIATELY make up some SIMPLE examples of your own, and commit them to memory.