Explanation for Question 36 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat
Turning to question number 36, or being asked, 2 which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the point made 3 in the first part of the sentence. So first let's note what that point 4 made in the first part of the sentences. Um, 5 the beginning of the sentence reads job opportunities and installation have soared from 6 2010 to 2014. The number of solar installation jobs increased 121%. 7 So we're looking for support of job opportunities and installation increasing dramatically. 8 So looking at our data table, we want to make sure that we're looking 9 specifically at the installation category, 10 um, which is the growth rate of one 21% going from 11 our almost 44,000 to over 97,000 jobs. 12 So that looks like it matches up pretty nicely with answer choice B. 13 That's going to be our correct answer. The no change option is not correct. 14 Um, this says 20,185 15 jobs in 2014. As we can see down here, 16 that's not correct. That's not the right number. Um, 17 answer choice C suggests that it was less than the growth rate for jobs 18 in manufacturing. Um, as we can see from that final column, 19 um, the growth rate for installation 1 21 was greater than the growth rate for 20 manufacturing 30. So C is incorrect and choice date from 11,744 21 jobs in 2010 to 15,112 jobs in 2014. 22 Also incorrect. Those aren't the right numbers from the graph. 23 So answer choice B as best for number 36.