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Command of Evidence SAT question

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60,00050,00040,00030,00020,00010,0000Machines sold1903190819131918Singer Sewing Machine Salesin Four Countries, 1903–1918Year New Zealand Australia the Philippines Turkey
  • The following 4 lines are shown:
    • New Zealand
    • Australia
    • the Philippines
    • Turkey
  • The New Zealand line:
    • Begins at 1903, 4,284
    • Rises gradually to 1908, 4,918
    • Rises gradually to 1913, 4,962
    • Falls gradually to 1918, 4,119
  • The Australia line:
    • Begins at 1903, 21,147
    • Rises gradually to 1908, 24,276
    • Rises gradually to 1913, 24,495
    • Falls gradually to 1918, 20,332
  • The Philippines line:
    • Begins at 1903, 1,937
    • Rises gradually to 1908, 2,241
    • Rises sharply to 1913, 27,266
    • Rises sharply to 1918, 44,820
  • The Turkey line:
    • Begins at 1903, 24,439
    • Rises sharply to 1908, 33,200
    • Rises sharply to 1913, 50,794
    • Falls sharply to 1918, 13,604

By the early 1900s, the Singer Corporation, a US sewing machine manufacturer founded in 1851, began to see rapidly increasing sales abroad, particularly in Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. These markets were responsible for the bulk of Singer’s overseas sales, but demand for the company’s machines in other countries also grew significantly in the early twentieth century. For instance, sales of their sewing machines in blank

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example?

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Choice A is the best answer because it most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example. According to the graph, fewer than 10,000 sewing machines were sold in the Philippines in both 1903 and 1908, but nearly 30,000 were sold in 1913 and around 45,000 were sold in 1918. This increase illustrates the statement in the text that demand for Singer sewing machines grew significantly in the early twentieth century in overseas countries other than Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Choice B is incorrect because consistent sales of Singer sewing machines in New Zealand from 1903 to 1918 do not indicate that demand for the product increased but rather that demand remained relatively the same. Choice C is incorrect because it does not accurately describe the data in the graph. Although sales in Australia did increase somewhat between 1903 and 1908, there was very little change between 1908 and 1913, and then sales declined between 1913 and 1918. The data for Australia, then, do not show a steady increase from 1903 to 1918. Choice D is incorrect because declining sales of Singer sewing machines in Turkey from 1913 to 1918 do not point to an increase in demand for the product but rather to a decline in demand.

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