[Video] Q23: Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?

Explanation for Question 23 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

So question number 23, he wants us to effectively combine two sentences and 2 our sentences say one MCP, lengthens storage life by three to four times, 3 um, when applied to apples, this extended life allows producers to sell their apples 4 and off season months and after the apple ship and harvest it. 5 And so immediately what I'm noticing here is a lot of repetition. 6 Um, we say the word apples, 7 you know, three times maybe we can shorten that up to only say one 8 or two times. And we also, 9 um, talk about, 10 you know, life and storage life. Then we say extended life. 11 So that's kind of the same thing as well. And so one of the 12 things we're going to look for as we go through our answer choices is 13 which one is the least repetitive. We look at a, 14 we say, we see when applied to apples, one MCP length of storage life 15 by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples in the off 16 season, months after the apples have been harvested. 17 Um, and so we notice, you know, there's no change with the apples here. 18 Um, but there is a change with this whole storage life thing, 19 right? We only talked about storage life once we don't say expanding their life 20 again. So a kind of effectively combines things, 21 um, by getting rid of one of the really repetitive elements. 22 Now B says producers are allowed to sell their apples months after they've been 23 harvested in the off season, because one MCP when applied to apples length this, 24 their storage l...