Explanation for Question 46 From the Reading Section on the 2019 October Sat
Question 46 says which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the 2 previous question. So we determined in an earlier video that the correct answer to 3 question 45 is going to be answer choice D that the author 4 suggested a decrease in the cost of fossil fuels has led to a drop 5 in demand for alternative fuel sources. 6 So let's look here at the lines of evidence given to us as answer 7 choices in question 46 and see which one best supports this idea. 8 So we're looking for any mention of the decrease in the cost of fossil 9 fuels and some kind of drop in demand for alternative fuel sources. 10 So let's start with answer choice a line 24 through 26. 11 It says the technology could make use of the LinkedIn rich biomass by-product stream 12 from bio refineries and pulp and paper mills. 13 So answer choice a is going to be incorrect. 14 There's no mention of the drop in price of fossil fuels or any 15 mention of a drop in a corresponding drop in demand. 16 So answer choice a doesn't have either element we're looking for. 17 So it's incorrect. If you look at answer choice B, 18 it says with the prices of natural gas and oil dropping. 19 So there's that first element we're looking for. 20 The drop in prices of fossil fuels being natural gas and oil. 21 And it goes on to say renewable fuels can't compete with fossil fuels. 22 So that part gives us our second element talking about the drop in demand 23 for the alternative fuel sources, 24 being those renewable fuels....