The graphic provides data on world ethanol and biodiesel production, including the top 10 countries in each category, for 2005.
Select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement based on the information provided.
To the nearest 1%, the top 10 ethanol-producing countries account for __________ of the total volume of ethanol produced in 2005.Top 10 Percent of Total Volume = (Top 10 Volume/Total Volume) × 100
Total Ethanol Volume = 44,874
Top 10 Volume = Total Volume - Rest of World Volume = 44,874 - 4017 = 40,857
(40,857/44,874) × 100 ≈ (10/11) × 100 ≈ 91
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91%.
For the Czech Republic in 2005, it is __________ the volume of biodiesel produced is greater than the volume of ethanol produced.Scanning for Czech Republic, we see that it appears on the biodiesel graph but not the ethanol graph.
The Czech Republic biodiesel volume is 136.
For ethanol, we see that the lowest volume for a top 10 country is 300. So, we know that the highest value for a rest of world country must be below 300.
So, we know that the Czech Republic's ethanol volume was lower than 300, but we don't know how much lower than 300 it was. Thus, it could be any value between 0 and 300.
That means that the Czech Republic's ethanol volume could have been greater or smaller than it's biodiesel volume of 136.
Choose
it is impossible to determine whether.
Correct answer: 91%,
it is impossible to determine whether