Because the market system enables entrepreneurs and investors who develop new technology to reap financial rewards from their risk of capital, it may seem that the primary result of this activity is that some people who have spare capital accumulate more. ███
Intro topic ·Tech developments in market system
Might seem that main result of new tech is rich get richer.
Causal mechanism ·Market system causes spreading of benefits by driving prices down
Business owners want to make money, which means they need to expand their customer base. This requires lowering prices, which expands access to technology.
Passage Style
Single position
18.
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Question Type
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
The author uses the phrase as part of an explanation of how the market system produces benefits for everyone. Because people want to maximize financial success, they have to expand their market, which leads them to lower prices. This is how technology can become more available to the masses.
a
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The author doesn’t summarize the benefits of technological developments. P3 presents the author’s causal explanation for how the benefits are diffused because of the market system.
The reference to maximization of financial success is not a logical conclusion from the previous paragraph. It’s the author’s causal explanation for how the benefits in the previous paragraph are produced by the market system. Also, there was no “data” presented in the previous paragraph.
c
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The reference to maximization of financial success is part of the author’s argument that the market system leads to democratized benefits.
This best captures the purpose of the reference to maximization of financial success, as explained above. The author’s thesis in P1 is that the market system can lead to democratized benefits. P3 presents the author’s causal explanation to support how the market system does this.
e
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The reference to maximizing financial success is not a concession. It’s part of the author’s argument.
Difficulty
81% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%142
150
75%158
Analysis
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
Science
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
5%
155
b
8%
156
c
5%
158
d
81%
164
e
1%
154
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