[Video] Q16, 17: The passage indicates that the assumption made by gift-givers in lines 41-44 may be , and which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Explanation for Questions 16, 17 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 1

Okay. Okay. So we're going to do number 16 and 17 together because it's 2 a buy-one-get-one-free question. So 16 says the passage indicates meaning it will be in 3 the passage, right? The answer will be there. Um, 4 the evidence will be in the reading. So it indicates that the assumption made 5 by gift givers in lines, 41 through 44, 6 maybe what in sincere on reasonable, 7 incorrect substantiated. Let's look at those lines. 8 Right? We know the evidence is only going to be somewhere between 53 and 9 78. So it won't be any earlier than that. 10 Um, let's go look at those lines, 41 through 44 to see what the 11 assumption is that we're talking about. Um, 12 41 starts right here, 13 gift givers, equate how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the 14 gifts. Meaning that like the whole phenomenon is if I spend more than 15 the person receiving the gift will appreciate my gift more and will think of 16 me more. 17 Right? That's the phenomenon we need to see, 18 um, where the evidence is. It's gonna be between lines 53 and 78. 19 So is this assertion true? 20 Is it not? Let's start reading like over here and we're going to keep 21 going down to 78. Okay. So perhaps gift givers, 22 um, believe that bigger gifts convey stronger Sonos of thoughtfulness and consideration, 23 according to blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 24 If you even represents a symbolic ritual or by gift givers attempt. 25 So, so far we haven't proven this theory wrong or unsubstantiated or anything...