Explanation for Question 35 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat
35 asks us which choice most effectively interprets data 2 from the table to set up the information provided in the rest of the 3 sentence. So what we need to do here is make sure that our answer 4 choice is supported by the data that's provided in the table, 5 but also make sense in conjunction with the following 6 information. So here we see, 7 um, the statistic presented the addition of approximately 8 80,000 jobs in manufacturing, sales, 9 and distribution installation, and more so we want to know 10 exactly what that trend is here. It says, 11 held steady. Our other answer choices are increasing skyrocket, 12 skyrocketing, and fluctuating. So let's see what is supported by the table. 13 I see that in these sectors, 14 remember that manufacturing, 15 sales, and distribution installation and more, 16 um, we see a growth rate for installation of 1 21 manufacturing, 17 30 and sales and distribution of 72%. 18 But more importantly, there's this overall total percent change growth 19 rate presented, which is 85.9. 20 So that represents all the sectors. So, 21 um, in this case, we're looking at not holding steady because since there was 22 a pretty drastic percent increase in all categories, 23 um, so a is out, be increased at a rate of 72% that's um, 24 for one of the specific categories not overall see as our correct answer skyrocketed 25 by nearly 86%. That's that growth rate for the total category that I pointed 26 out and fluctuated between 30 and one 21%. 27 This is the variations by category. Not over time. 28 When we say fluctuated between we really mean changes up and down over time. 29 So D is out as well, leaving C as our correct answer for number 30 35.