Exam GMAT Section 3 topic 1 question 136 discussion

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Question #: 136
Topic #: 1

According to a review of 38 studies of patients suffering from water retention, a large majority of the patients reported that fasting eased their suffering considerably. Yet fasting is not used to treat water retention even though the conventional medications often have serious side effects.
Which of the following, if true, best explains the fact that fasting is not used as a treatment for water retention?

A. For a small percentage of patients with water retention, fasting induces a temporary sense of nausea
B. Getting patients with water retention to fast regularly is more difficult than getting healthy patients to do so.
C. Fasting regularly over a long period of time can lead to temporary impairment of balance comparable to that induced by consuming several ounces of alcohol.
D. The dramatic shifts in water retention connected with fasting have not been traced to particular changes in brain chemistry.
E. The water retention returns in full force as soon as the fast is broken by even a small meal.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️
The best answer is A. In choice A, the words object and necessity, both singular, agree.

by niloc91 at May 18, 2025, 9:55 p.m.

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niloc91

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Selected Answer: E

Because it shows that fasting does not have a lasting effect, making it an unsuitable treatment despite short-term benefits.

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