[Video] Q19: Which choice is supported by the data in the first figure?

Answer Choices

  • The number of students using public transportation is greater than the number of retirees using public transportation.

  • The number of employed people using public transportation and the number of unemployed people using public transportation is roughly the same.

  • People employed outside the home are less likely to use public transportation than are homemakers.

  • Unemployed people use public transportation less often than do people employed outside the home.

Explanation for Question 19 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

Especially 19 says which choice is supported by the data and the first figure. 2 So let's just go through each answer choice and see if we can support 3 it. Answer choice a says the number of students using public transportation is greater 4 than the number of retirees. So we can see here that the 5 students are 10.7% and the retired or 6.7%. 6 So we can confirm that students use it more than those who are retired. 7 So answer choice a might be correct here. 8 Let's look at the rest of them. No answer choice B says the number 9 of employed people using public transportation and the number of unemployed people using public 10 transportation is roughly the same. So if we look back up here, 11 we can see that the employed are at 72% and 12 the unemployed art 6.4%. 13 So those are definitely not going to be roughly the same as an answer 14 choice B. 15 So that would be incorrect here. 16 If we look at answer choice, C people employed outside the home are less 17 likely to use public transportation than our homemakers. 18 We can see the people employed outside the home, 19 still at the 72%. 20 And then the homemakers are at 2%. 21 So we know that those employed outside the home, 22 aren't going to be less likely to use it than homemakers. 23 So answer choice C would be incorrect here. If we look at answer choice, 24 D it says unemployed, people use public transportation less often than 25 do people employed outside the home. So this might be a distractor answer 26 choice because y...

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