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ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?
ACT Reading 1.9 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "indignation"?
ACT Reading 2.4 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "impunity"?
Relating Information in a Table to the Rising Price of Tulips 9 Views
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Why did people in Holland pay so much for tulips? Buyers remorse must have run rampant once the flowers wilted...
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- 00:02
all right Shmoopers more tulipmania coming your way not in the Octagon this [tulips boxing]
- 00:07
time which claim in the passage is supported by the table which information [text on screen]
- 00:13
lines all right so we got a whole bunch of line ranges we're looking at got 11
- 00:17
through 14 and 16 through 19 and I'm through 20 to 30 here so we're just
- 00:21
gonna go one by one and kind of see where we are here well the table shows
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- 00:25
the high value of items delivered as payment for a single tulip and
- 00:30
illustrates the extreme prices people were willing to pay at the height of the [hairy cow eats tulip]
- 00:34
bubble for a while people were willing to pay whatever price was asked this [text on screen]
- 00:40
table really only has one data point it shows the extreme high end of the
- 00:45
prices but it doesn't contain enough information to show any fluctuation in
- 00:50
prices so it can't be a it doesn't show the aftermath when the bubble burst so
- 00:55
it can't be see and it doesn't suggest why the bubble burst so it can't be d
- 01:00
you know like mama shmup climbing Mount Everest this table is all about peak so [woman climbing mountain]
- 01:06
the answer is B it's right there line 16 through 19 you know everyone blah blah [text on screen]
- 01:10
blah blah blah blah blah for them that's it
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