A ten-year comparison between the United States and the Soviet Union i

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A A higher percentage of total agricultural acreage was fallow in the United States than in the Soviet Union.
- HOLD, no immediate reason to eliminate

B The United States had more fallow acreage than planted acreage.
- eliminate
- the text gives us no information about fallow vs planted acreage in the US or in the Soviet Union

C Fewer total acres of available agricultural land were fallow in the Soviet Union than in the United States.
- eliminate
- the text compares only yields per acre; we cannot infer anything about the number of acres

D The Soviet Union had more planted acreage than fallow acreage.
- eliminate
- the text gives us no information about fallow vs planted acreage in the US or in the Soviet Union

E The Soviet Union produced a greater volume of crops than the United States produced.
- eliminate
- the text compares only yields per acre; the text tells us nothing about the area under cultivation or the volume of crops

By Process of Elimination, the answer is A
A can be shown to be the answer by logic too (but why bother? )

PS: Let's try to avoid algebra in Critical Reasoning questions