Explanation for Question 38 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 38 says as used in line 85 calculate most nearly means what? 2 So let's look back in the passage and get some context for this. 3 The sentence that this is included in says those who would have this nation 4 enter upon a career of empire must consider not only the effect of imperialism 5 on the Filipinos, but they must also calculate its effect upon our own nation. 6 So based on a couple parts of the sentence that I will explain, 7 we can use words from our own vocabulary to replace this word calculate 8 and help us find the correct answer. So based on the fact that this 9 sentence says they should enter upon a career of empire, 10 they must consider not only the effect of imperialism on 11 the Filipinos, but also the effect upon our own nation. 12 We can replace this word calculate with consider and 13 choose an answer choice. 14 That means something along those lines. So what the sentence is saying that in 15 this imperialism, you have to consider the effects on Filipinos and on our own 16 nation be in the United States of America. 17 So we can replace calculate with something like consider. 18 So let's look at the answer choices to see which one best matches that. 19 So we have evaluate the sign design assume and multiply. 20 So let me make this more visible here. 21 Okay. So the one that most closely means consider or calculate 22 is going to be answer choice a to evaluate. 23 If we look at anti-choice B two design, 24 it's going to say in the context of the sent...