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The following table shows the national debt, in millions of euros, of 17 eurozone countries for the second quarter of 2011 and the first and second quarters of 2012, and that debt as a percentage of each country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Millions of Euros% of GDP
Q2 2011Q1 2012Q2 2012Q2 2011Q1 2012Q2 2012
Austria2135332227562289227273.475.1
Belgium35574437865738292297.6101.7102.5
Cyprus11885134701493966.87583.3
Estonia950108211976.36.77.3
Finland85217930209964046.148.551.7
France1696057178938718325998689.191
Germany20732132116231216935481.181.182.8
Greece340906280423300807158.8136.9150.3
Ireland158802174350179718101.5108.5111.5
Italy191002419544901982239121.7123.7126.1
Luxembourg78499014914818.920.920.9
Malta45354838500870.874.376.3
Netherlands38379940051841117064.266.568.2
Portugal184417190397198136106.7112117.5
Slovakia288103235835,30742.846.450.1
Slovenia16053170301733444.54748.1
Spain70552677492680461566.772.976
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The median national debt in the second quarter of 2012 was greater than 200 billion euros.
Of the three nations with the smallest absolute debt in the second quarter of 2011, only one ranked among the three nations with the smallest debt as percentage of GDP in that same quarter.
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The median national debt in the second quarter of 2012 was greater than 200 billion euros.: False Of the three nations with the smallest absolute debt in the second quarter of 2011, only one ranked among the three nations with the smallest debt as percentage of GDP in that same quarter.: False
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Re: The following table shows the national debt, in millions of euros, of [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2024, 12:00
how is 1st question's ans is false. its approx 2100000 million euro which is equal to 2100 billion euro . am I something missing or question is having some error?
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Re: The following table shows the national debt, in millions of euros, of [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2024, 12:20
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Statement 1: Sort on debt in Q2 of 2012, and locate the ninth of the 17 values. The median national debt in the second quarter of 2012 was 198,136 million euros in Portugal. This is just under 200 billion euros.

Answer: False

Statement 2: Sort on debt in Q2 of 2011. The three nations with the smallest absolute debt in the second quarter of 2011 were Estonia, Malta, and Luxembourg. Re-sort on percent of GDP in Q2 of 2011. The three smallest percentages belonged to Estonia, Luxembourg, and Slovakia.

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Re: The following table shows the national debt, in millions of euros, of [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2024, 11:17
Manish0304 wrote:
how is 1st question's ans is false. its approx 2100000 million euro which is equal to 2100 billion euro . am I something missing or question is having some error?
 

Feels like there is some error, because in the answer that is posted, the ninth country (which is the median) is Portugal whereas it is Germany on the table.
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