[Video] Q13: In line 34, “flat” is closest in meaning to

Explanation for Question 13 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

Question 13 says in line 34 flat is closest and meaning to what? 2 So let's look back in the passage and get some context here. 3 If we read the sentence that they're referring to, it says it is important 4 to remember the demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth. 5 It can occur in cities that are growing. Those whose numbers are flat, 6 and even in those undergoing a modest decline in size. 7 So it might take a little bit of analysis here to determine 8 the meaning of this word flat in the context of the sentence. 9 So let's talk about that a little bit. In this case, 10 it's being included as a group of numbers and the other groups 11 that it's included with our numbers that are growing in numbers that are declining. 12 So it would have to be something distinct from either growing or declining, 13 but it would also have to be kind of in the realm of the 14 change of something. So in this case, flat would probably mean something like not 15 changing. So it would be included in the groups, 16 numbers that are growing numbers that are declining or numbers that are not changing. 17 So in this case, flat is not changing. 18 So let's go see which answer choice best goes along with 19 not changing. So 20 if we look at answer choice a, 21 it says static. So static here is going to mean still or 22 not changing like we said above. 23 So that might be a good answer choice here. 24 So we'll keep it for now. If we look at answer choice B, 25 it says deflated. So the f...