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October 9, 2014

 

 

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Today's Practice GMAT Question:

The advantages of a single emergency number had been seen by municipal officials across the country, recognizing that their variety of emergency-response systems had become obsolete, leading to nationwide standardization in the 1980s.
(A) The advantages of a single emergency number had been seen by municipal officials across the country, recognizing that their variety of emergency-response systems had
(B) The advantages of a single emergency number had been seen by municipal officials across the country, and they recognized their variety of emergency-response systems as having had
(C) After seeing the advantages of a single emergency number, municipal officials across the country recognized that their variety of emergency-response systems had
(D) After sight of the advantages, resulting from a single emergency number, municipal officials across the country recognized their variety of emergency-response systems as having had
(E) After the advantages of a single emergency number were seen by municipal officials across the country, who recognized that their variety of emergency-response systems had


 

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