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SAT Reading: Summarizing Quantitative Information in a Graph 4 Views


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In this SAT Reading video you'll have to summarize information in a graph. We promise it's not too math-y!


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00:02

okay moving on SAT question for were still in the jungle the mighty jungle

00:07

which statement best summarizes the information in the graph okay so well in [text on screen]

00:15

order to answer a graph question we have to actually find the graph and its graph

00:19

not as in graphed in corruption there's the graph [graph on screen]

00:22

u.s. population the u.s. total driving miles of all vehicles not on golf balls

00:27

and we got a whole bunch of big numbers in here yes the correct answer here is a [students studying]

00:31

the graph shows the rate of population growth and miles driven in the United

00:36

States from 1970 to 2010 the passage says that noise from transportation [graph on screen]

00:42

networks urban development and recreational activity is increasing [writing on blackboard]

00:47

disproportionately faster than population size well the graph shows the

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increase in miles driven outpacing population growth yeah easy [graph on screen]

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