[Video] Q7: In context, which choice best combines the underlined sentences?

Explanation for Question 7 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

And now for number seven, which we had incorrectly labeled as number five here. 2 So you'll see there's a lot of mislabeling on this exam. 3 Um, but it asks us in context, 4 which choice per best combines the underlying sentences. 5 Right? So let's take a look at what our underlying sentences say. 6 They say that artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering work worker 7 productivity. So now we're saying that we're also costly, 8 right? So if we have big expenses and they typically constitute anywhere from 25 9 to 50% of energy use in the building, 10 so they use a lot of energy. And so now we can look at 11 seven. And the important thing to keep in mind when you're looking at these 12 combining sentences questions is that one you don't want to be repetitive. 13 You don't want to say the same thing twice. And then two, 14 you also don't want to have any awkward parts. 15 And so that might seem subjective, right? But when you have words together that 16 don't read easily, that's not an answer choice that you're going to want to 17 choose. Now ass aside from lowering worker productivity, 18 artificial light sources are also costly. 19 Typically constituting, anywhere from 25 to 50% of a building's energy use. 20 And so as we look at this, I don't immediately see any repetition things 21 are flowing nicely. Um, we have a good transition at the beginning, 22 right aside from lowering productivity. So I would keep a, 23 in a process of elimination. Now B says the c...