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SAT Reading: Which Answer Choice Accurately Represents Information in the Passage?
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How are Volcanos tied to the moon? Tidal Lunacy is more about Hawaii and surfing than were wolves but don't take our word for it...find out more by...

SAT Reading: Using Context Clues in a Scientific Passage to Define "Fortnight"
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Want to know what fortnight means? Spoiler alert: no, it isn't when you build a fort in your living room out of cushions.

SAT Reading: Citing Quantitative Information in a Graphic as Supporting Evidence for a Claim
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SAT Reading: Summarizing Quantitative Information in a Graph 4 Views


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In this SAT Reading video you'll have to summarize information in a graph. We promise it's not too math-y!


Transcript

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okay moving on SAT question for were still in the jungle the mighty jungle

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which statement best summarizes the information in the graph okay so well in [text on screen]

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order to answer a graph question we have to actually find the graph and its graph

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not as in graphed in corruption there's the graph [graph on screen]

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u.s. population the u.s. total driving miles of all vehicles not on golf balls

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and we got a whole bunch of big numbers in here yes the correct answer here is a [students studying]

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the graph shows the rate of population growth and miles driven in the United

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States from 1970 to 2010 the passage says that noise from transportation [graph on screen]

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networks urban development and recreational activity is increasing [writing on blackboard]

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disproportionately faster than population size well the graph shows the

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increase in miles driven outpacing population growth yeah easy [graph on screen]

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