Sentence improvement question SOS

Test Preparation
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<p>The villagers found the visitors equally as fasinating as their customs were mystifying.
A. equally as fascinating as their customs were
B. equally fascinating and their customs
c. as fascinating as their customs were
d. as fascinating and their customs
e. as fascinating and their customs were</p>

<p>Which one and why?
thanks!!</p>

2

<p>C. "Equally" is implied, and therefore not needed. The idiomatic construction is "as ____ as."</p>

3

<p>Haha gxing: I was going to say A. But now I see that. NIIICE.</p>