https://gmatclub.com/gmat-focus-tests/resources/import/img/I02-01+.png The graph shows the trade value of edible fishery products between the United States and various regions, measured in billions of dollars in 2018. If in 2018, 20% of U.S. exports to Asia were to India, and 40% of U.S. imports from Asia were from India, then the trade deficit with India accounted for approximately GRAPH_1_PLACEHOLDER of the U.S. trade deficit with Asia. The U.S. would have had to GRAPH_2_PLACEHOLDER its level of edible fishery exports to eliminate its total trade deficit.

I did not quite understand the solution. Seems like one or more graph is missing. How did we deduce this ( U.S. exports to Asia were 3 billion, and 20% of that would be 0.6 billion)?

The graph already shows it. For Asia, exports are 3 and imports are 10. From there, 20% of 3 = 0.6 and 40% of 10 = 4. Nothing is missing, the numbers come straight from the chart. https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=85485 GMAT-Club-Forum-nxq2evl4.png

The total trade deficit should be 15 instead of 20 since trade deficit is not equal to imports but rather exports-imports. Kindly explain.

You’re right: the trade deficit is not equal to total imports but rather imports minus exports. In this case, imports are about 20.8 and exports are about 5.2, so the deficit is 20.8 - 5.2 = 15.6. That 15.6 is the actual deficit. To close it, exports would need to rise from 5.2 up to 20.8. Since 20.8/5.2 ≈ 4, exports would have to be increased about four times.

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This is a great question that’s helpful for learning.

Hi , I also went through the reply of yours to understand 3 times and 4 times more debate, but what I felt after reading all those is as the term "increases" is used the answer should be 3 times more. Because lets say you want to make 10$ as 20$ you would say there is a 100% increase not 200% increase in the amount. Similarly here there is 3 times increase not 4 time, Please clarify the same.

I tired explaining this on the previous page. I'll try again: here, exports must become 4 times the original (20.8/5.2 = 4). So it’s “increase four times,” not “increase three times,” because the final value is 4 times as large, not 3 times more.