SAT Reading & Writing · Words in Context
Although the two research teams had reached their conclusions independently, using different methods and working in different countries,…
Although the two research teams had reached their conclusions independently, using different methods and working in different countries, their results were strikingly ______, both pointing to the same underlying mechanism.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Answer and explanation
Answer: D: convergent
The passage describes two independent teams arriving at matching conclusions, which is precisely what convergent names: separately reaching the same point. Contradictory would mean the results conflicted, the opposite of "pointing to the same underlying mechanism." Irrelevant would mean the results had no bearing on each other, but the passage explicitly connects them. Premature concerns timing, not the relationship between the two findings.
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