GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of

A simpler construction might help understand the complex question better:
Three timesas many studentslike football as like basketball .

The correct comparison marker isas.... as . The combinationas... than is wrong (than must go with a comparative adjective, not with as

Therefore A,B and C can be eliminated.

The compared elements are:

3X institutions charge low fees (<
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