When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
1. When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United states, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
A
B there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E it is less than one-quarter of that amount.
the answer is C, my question is why D is not right?
2. A New York City ordinance of 1897 regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required of cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and it granted pedestrians right-of-way.
A
B regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, granting
C regulating the use of bicycles mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required that cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and it granted
D regulating the use of bicycles, mandatating a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, requiring of cyclists that to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and granted
E regulating the use of bicycles mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and granted
the answer is E, my question is "mandated" related to what? if the "ordinance" why not "mandating" as "regulating"?