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Impact of Four Key Industries on Oklahoma Economy in 2017
IndustryApproximate total contribution by industryNumber of people employed by industryAverage contribution per employee by industry
Accommodation/food services$5,242,100,000150,373$34,861
Tribal economic activity$7,312,400,00051,674$141,510
Health care$13,727,300,000193,514$70,937
Retail$10,738,800,000179,208$59,924
The nearly forty tribes located in Oklahoma, including the Chickasaw Nation and the Seminole Nation, operate numerous businesses and generate billions of dollars in revenue. A student in an economics class is researching the tribes’ collective activity as a single industry. The student wants to compare that industry’s contribution to Oklahoma’s overall economy in 2017 with the contributions made by three other industries in the state. Looking at the table, the student finds that tribal economic activity totaled over $7.3 billion, ranking it above __________
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the comparison?
A
both accommodation/ food services and retail but below health care.
B
accommodation/ food services but below both health care and retail.
C
health care, retail, and accommodation/ food services.
D
accommodation/ food services and nearly equal to health care and retail.