[Video] Q5: The writer wants to include information from the graph that is consistent with the description of compost in the passage. which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?

Explanation for Question 5 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 8

So in question number five, we're told that the author wants to include information 2 from the graph. That's consistent with the description in the passage. 3 So we need to be looking at the graph to see what is happening 4 here. Now, the sentence reads in spite of compost potential costs. 5 However, most of the so-called waste is wasted. 6 However, according to the environmental protection agency, 7 over blank, million tons ended up in landfills across the United States. 8 So if we see ended up in landfills, 9 right, we need to look at our graph. We need to see what type 10 of waste was, uh, discarded into landfills. 11 Right? And if we look at each of our answer choices, we can see 12 that we said 13 million tons of metal. 13 So let's check and see if that's true. We'll find metal on our x-axis. 14 And we see that it's right here at about 13, 15 just under 15. 16 So this is possibly correct, 17 right? A is a possibility of being correct. 18 And now if we look at D it says 6 million tons of 19 rubber and leather. If we look at rubber and leather, 20 we will see this just over five, right? 21 So this is, uh, correct with the, um, 22 with the, uh, graph. And now we can check, 23 see textiles textiles that said 10, 24 it looks a little over 10, but 10 is close enough. 25 And so it's looking like all of our answer choices are correct with the 26 graph. What we need to do is look at the passage and just make 27 sure right. You have been food waste is at about 33. 28 So all of the...