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SajjadAhmad , could you provide the official explanation, as and when possible ?

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To answer the first prompt, it helps to first sort the table by "World export ranking". Once you do, you'll see that the U.S. is the leading exporter for two goods: wheat and walnuts. And while the U.S. exports 51% of all wheat, it only exports 20% of walnuts, meaning that the first statement is not supported.

To answer the second question, you can keep the table sorted by "World export ranking". There are three crops (cotton, soybeans, and hops) for which the U.S. is the world's second largest exporter. If you then take a look at cotton, you can prove that it is impossible for the U.S. to produce at least 1/3 of the world's supply. It is the #3 producer of cotton. This means that - at most - the U.S. could produce a little less than 1/3, since both the #1 and #2 cotton producers must produce more than the U.S. The answer to this question is a definite "No".

The third question can best be answered by looking at the "wheat" row of the table. You know that the U.S. is the world's largest exporter of wheat and that they export 51% of 9 billion dollars of production of wheat. Taking 51% of 9 billion gives you 4.59 billion, which is less than 5 billion. And since no country exports more wheat than the U.S., you can conclude that the answer to the third question is "Yes".

Answer: No, No and Yes
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The third question can best be answered by looking at the "wheat" row of the table. You know that the U.S. is the world's largest exporter of wheat and that they export 51% of 9 billion dollars of production of wheat. Taking 51% of 9 billion gives you 4.59 billion, which is less than 5 billion. And since no country exports more wheat than the U.S., you can conclude that the answer to the third question is "Yes".

@Sajjad1994 for the third part, table mentions millions and the question asks for billions, that itself tells us that it would be a "No" right ?
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Q1: If the US does not export at least one half of its production of any commodity listed on the table, it is not the leading exporter of that commodity.

We can sort by "World export ranking" and find out wheat and walnuts rank 1.
51% of walnuts' production is exported while only 20% of wheat's production is exported.

Clearly, wheat's production for export (20%) is way lower than the half of its production but wheat export still ranks 1.
So, choose NO.
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Sajjad, the Amount given in the table is in a million dollars and the question is asking in billion dollars. I think this needs to be fixed
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The following table displays data on U.S. export products in 2016.
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(Sort ↕ the table by clicking on the headers)
CropAmount produced (in
millions of dollars)
Production
ranking
Percent
exported
World export
ranking
Cotton7.63762
Hops1342322
Oats9.46256
Rice2.412703
Soybeans0.11402
Walnuts92201
Wheat94511
For each of the following statements, select “Yes” if the statement is true based on the information provided in the table. Otherwise, select “No.”