Multiple choice

Directions: In the given question, select the option that expresses the central idea in the most clear, concise and correct manner.

  1. Several studies have found that the heart patients who exercise most actively have half or less than half the chance of dying of a heart attack as those who are sedentary.

  2. Several studies have found that the heart patients who exercise most actively are at least fifty percent less likely than those who are sedentary to die of a heart attack.

  3. Several studies have found that the heart patients who exercise most actively have half the chance that they will die of a heart attack, or less than who are sedentary do.

  4. Several studies have found that the heart patients who exercise most actively are at least fifty percent less likely to die of a heart attack as those who are sedentary.

  5. Several studies have found that the heart patients who exercise most actively have half the chance that they will die of a heart attack, or less as those who are sedentary.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentences compare the chances of a heart attack between heart patients who exercise and those who do not. So, the concoction introducing comparison, 'than' should be used. This is seen only in sentences (2) and (3). In sentence (3), the word order is incorrect. Hence, (2) is the answer.

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