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Argentina, Brazil, and the United States are among the world’s leading producers of maize (corn), and each country exports a certain percentage of maize each marketing year, which runs from March to February in Argentina and Brazil and from September to August in the United States. A student is researching those percentages and finds that for the marketing year 2012/2013, the percentage of maize exported by __________

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the text?

A

Brazil exceeded the percentage exported by Argentina for the first time.

B

Brazil increased from the previous marketing year but remained lower than the percentage exported by the United States.

C

the United States reached its highest point during the five marketing years.

D

Argentina decreased from the previous marketing year but remained the highest among the three countries.