[Video] Q14: The primary purpose of lines 26-28 (“the amount . . . labor”) is to

Explanation for Question 14 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

Question 14 asks the primary purpose of lines 26 through 28, 2 and then it gives you like the text is to do what? 3 So let's look at these lines here and get some context to better 4 answer this question. So the lines that they're referencing are highlighted there, 5 we'll read the entire sentence that it's contained in. 6 It says in economics productivity, 7 the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, 8 such as an hour of labor is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth 9 creation. So we can see very clearly based on the 10 sentence that this is around. This are, 11 these lines are providing you a definition for the term productivity. 12 Productivity is equivalent to the amount of economic value created for a given unit 13 of input, such as an hour of labor. 14 So this is strictly a definition. 15 So let's look back at the answer choices here and see which one best 16 outlines the idea that this is defining the term productivity. 17 So we have describing a process. 18 This is going to be incorrect in this case. 19 Productivity is not a process. It's a measurement that you can take that you 20 can calculate. So process would make answer choice a and correct B to 21 highlight a dilemma. In this case, they're not outlining any kind of problem. 22 So B would be incorrect. C says to clarify a claim, 23 so C might be considered like the distractor answer here, 24 and this case, they're not clarifying an entire claim though. 25 They're just clarifying this one term productivity. 26 So with that answer choice D would be the best answer. 27 These lines that provide the definition for productivity are explaining a term 28 that term being productivity. So with all that being said, 29 answer choice D is the correct answer to question 14 here.