[Video] Q21: Which additional information, if presented in figure 2, would be most useful in evaluating the statement in lines 57-60 (“productivity . . . jobs”)?

Explanation for Question 21 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

Question 21 asks which additional information if presented in figure two would be most 2 useful in evaluating the statement in lines 57 through 16. 3 So let's look at the statement that they're referencing here. 4 And then after we read it and talk about it, we can discuss it 5 in terms of figure two. So if we look at 6 this statement, it was lines 57 through 60. 7 So it says that productivity is at record levels. 8 Innovation has never been faster. And yet at the same time, 9 we have falling median income and we have fewer jobs. 10 So we can see that the technical terms that they're referencing here are productivity, 11 innovation, median income, 12 and fewer jobs. So let's look at figure two and 13 we can see the figure. Two is just a measure of the output per 14 worker over a period of about 51 15 years. So we can see that based on the 16 technical terms they're referencing here. 17 The only one we really have information on is that productivity. 18 So we're looking for an answer here about innovation, 19 median income, and fewer jobs. And we also have to make sure that that 20 answer includes some measurement over time, 21 as they're measuring all of these things over time to see how they're changing. 22 So if we look at the answers here, 23 we can see that the answer choice a says the median income 24 of employees as it compares across all three countries and a single year. 25 So in this case answer choice, a would probably be considered the distractor answer. 26 It's ta...