CRITICAL REASONING :AIRCRAFT AND LEATHER SEAT QUESTION

     . Some airline companies prefer to spend extra money on leather seats for their aircraft, sometimes twice as expensive as the others, because they last two times as long.

(A)   Some airline companies prefer to spend extra money on leather seats for their aircraft, sometimes twice as expensive as the others, because they last two times as long.

(B)    Some airline companies prefer to spend extra money, sometimes twice as expensive as the others, on leather seats for their aircraft because they last twice as long.

(C)   Some airline companies prefer to spend extra money on leather seats, sometimes twice as expensive as the others, on leather seats for their aircraft, being twice as long lasting.

(D)   Leather seats lasting twice as long as the others, some airline companies prefer spending two times the extra money on them.

(E)    Some airline companies prefer to spend extra money on leather seats, sometimes twice as expensive as the others, for their aircraft because they last twice as long.

SOLUTION

The fact that everything is underlined in this sentence means that you have a lot of issues to consider. Start with something concrete.

*You know that "sometimes twice as expensive as the others" modifies leather seats so make sure that the two are placed next to each other in the sentence. Eliminate (A) and (B)

.* IN option c "leather seats" has been used twice making it redundant, silly and incorrect. Eliminate (C).

* Finally, "two times the extra money" in (D) makes no sense, or at least it distorts the meaning of the original sentence, suggesting that companies are spending twice the increase in cost rather than twice the cost of the other seats.

.* (E) remains. (E) IS THE ANSWERS