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An economic council evaluated the agriculture-related industries of a certain country's overall economy. The stacked-bar graph shows for each of eight consecutive years (Y1–Y8) the value added to the country's economy by each of five agriculture-related industries: food service, textile/apparel, food products, forestry/fishing, and farming.

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For Y1 through Y8, the greatest of the yearly values added to the country's economy by a single agriculture-related industry was added by the industry in .­

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Food Services, Y7

We need to see bar with greatest height, can be seen by eye-balling. No need to calculate exact value
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An economic council evaluated the agriculture-related industries of a certain country's overall economy. The stacked-bar graph shows for each of eight consecutive years (Y1–Y8) the value added to the country's economy by each of five agriculture-related industries: food service, textile/apparel, food products, forestry/fishing, and farming.

From each drop-down menu, select the option that creates the most accurate statement according to the information provided.

For Y1 through Y8, the greatest of the yearly values added to the country's economy by a single agriculture-related industry was added by the industry in .­
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An economic council evaluated the agriculture-related industries of a certain country's overall economy. The stacked-bar graph shows for each of eight consecutive years (Y1–Y8) the value added to the country's economy by each of five agriculture-related industries: food service, textile/apparel, food products, forestry/fishing, and farming.

From each drop-down menu, select the option that creates the most accurate statement according to the information provided.

For Y1 through Y8, the greatest of the yearly values added to the country's economy by a single agriculture-related industry was added by the industry in .­
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­It is a cumulative graph so to get the value add of any particular industry in any particular year, we will need find the exact length of that portion of the bar. This is how you read a cumulative graph (though we don't need to here):

Approximate values for Y1 are
Farming starts at 0 and goes up to 110 - Value 110
Forestry starts at 110 and goes up to 135 - Value 25
Food Products starts are 135 and goes up to 325 - Value 190
Textile starts at 325 and goes up to 340 - Value 15
Food service starst at 340 and goes up to 640 - Value 200

But we do not need to worry about any of these.

We can see that maximum value add is by food service in Y7. ANSWER
Fodo service portions are bigger than all other portions every year.
In Y7, it is taller than any other food service portion and starts at about the same level as all other food service portions of the bar. Y8 starts much higher but is only slightly taller so it won't work.
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­For Y1 through Y8, the greatest of the yearly values added to the country's economy by a single agriculture-related industry was added by the [Food service] industry in [Y7].­

Food service is obviously the one contribute the most 
Y7: Food service contributes 50% (400 out of 800) - the highest throughout the period
 
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