SAT #15 Reading (Question 17)

Question

According to the passage, reducing commuting time for drivers can have which of the following effects?

Answer 1

Answer Choice D is the correct answer because Lines 42-45 say, “If you cut commuting time by 10%, people who now drive fifty miles each way to work can justify moving five miles farther out, because their travel time won’t change.” These Lines most clearly tell us what effects “reducing commuting time for drivers” could have, and most clearly match Answer Choice D which says that, “Drivers become more willing to live farther from their places of employment than they previously were.” Answer Choice A is incorrect because the Passage doesn’t say that reducing commuting time would make drivers more productive. Answer Choice B is incorrect because the Passage makes the case that drivers would be willing to move further from the city, not that mass transit would be extended further. Answer Choice C is incorrect because the Passage doesn’t make any connection between cutting commuting time and the rate at which mass transit carries passengers or receives funding.

How to solve this? The Question asks, “According to the passage, reducing commuting time for drivers can have which of the following effects?” To solve this, we should go back to the Passage and look for a Text that will tell us what the author tells us about reducing commuting time for drivers. [...].