[Video] Q18: As used in line 83, “range” most nearly means

Explanation for Question 18 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

Question 18 asks, as you said, 2 9 83 range. Most nearly means what? 3 So let's look back at the sentence that they're referencing here and see if 4 we can get some context to better understand what they're asking. 5 So the sentence that they're talking about says still cats doesn't dismiss the notion 6 that there is something different about today's digital technologies, 7 something that could affect an even broader range of work. 8 So just a reminder, the word that we're looking at here is range. 9 And so this range, this word is being used to describe like 10 the different kinds of work that technology can affect. 11 And so if they're saying a broader range, they're going to say, 12 or they're trying to say that this is going to affect a larger variety 13 of work. So if we look back at the answer choices here, 14 we want to see one that implies the variety of jobs or work. 15 So we have region scope, distance, 16 and position. So regions going to be incorrect. 17 That implies location, right? We're not talking about a location of 18 work abroad or region of work, right? We're talking about just like different kinds 19 of jobs. So then if we look at B, it says scope, 20 a broader scope of work that might be indicative of different kinds of jobs, 21 right? The scope of work indicates like what all this work is about. 22 And so B might be a good answer choice. If we look at see 23 distance, a broader distance of work, again, 24 that would indicate like location like region. 2...