[Video] Q34: The main effect of the phrase “stunningly simple” (line 46) is to

Answer Choices

  • A) indicate the author's disapproval of the experiment's lack of complexity.

  • express the author's confusion about the researchers' initial inability to answer the students' questions.

  • convey the author's admiration of the experiment's straightforward results.

  • illustrate the author's appreciation of the students' insights.

Explanation for Question 34 From the Reading Section on the 2021 May Sat (International)

Hey guys. So question 34 says the main effect of the phrase stunningly simple 2 in line 46 is to blank. So obviously with any questions like this, 3 we just want to go back and reread this section. 4 So line 46 is over here and just reading around it. 5 It says, fortunately for us, after analyzing the results, 6 Mandela and Johnson were in a position to deliver a stunningly simple answer to 7 the question. Yeah. But how, 8 yeah, but how question? So this is saying, 9 this is referring to the question I was asking earlier, and it's saying after 10 looking at results, they have a stunningly simple answer to it. 11 So this seems to be emphasizing, like they have a really clear, 12 obvious answer. Like they, their studies actually worked in like figuring 13 out, you know, what the correct thing is to say to this. 14 So, um, based off our understanding, their let's look, 15 their answer choices, ACEs, this is indicate the officer often as disapproval of the 16 experiment's lack of complexity. 17 I don't think it's about a disapproval of the lack of complexity. 18 I think it's actually a compliment to the fact that their answer was so 19 straight forward, based off the evidence option. 20 Reese has expressed the officer's confusion about the researcher's inability to answer the student's 21 questions. And this again, isn't really what it's saying. 22 It's saying we have a stunning stunningly simple answer to it. 23 It's not saying they don't have an answer or the author is confused...

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