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A report from an international organization that monitors the numbers of women serving as judges or magistrates on various nations' highest courts, such as the Supreme court in Finland and the Supreme Court in the Dominican republic. From 2009 to 2013, the number of women serving as justices or magistrates on highest courts in most countries increased. However, there are also countries where the number decreased or remained unchanged; for example, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example?
Slovenia was greater in 2013 than in 2009, whereas the number in the Dominican Republic was lower in 2013 than in 2009.
A
Slovenia was greater in 2013 than in 2009, whereas the number in Finland was the same in 2013 as in 2009.
B
Finland was the same in 2013 as in 2009, but it had more women on its high courts than either Slovenia or the Dominican republic did in 2013.
C
the Dominican Republic was lower in 2013 than in 2009, whereas the number in Finland was the same in 2013 as in 2009.
D