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Average Hours Worked per Person per Year in 1950 and 2017

Country	1950	2017	Change in hours	Percent change in hours
Peru	2,157	1,932	$- 225$	$- 10%$
Argentina	2,034	1,692	$- 342$	$- 17%$
Australia	2,178	1,731	$- 447$	$- 21%$
Ireland	2,419	1,746	$- 674$	$- 28%$
Calculations may be inexact due to rounding.

A student in an economics course is examining the decline since 1950 in average hours worked per person per year in various nations due to both increased productivity and the adoption of policies that limit working hours. The first task in this investigation is to determine how the decline in Argentina compares to that in other countries. The student finds that __________

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the student’s conclusion?

the percent decrease in hours worked was greater in Argentina than it was in Ireland, Australia, or Peru.

though the decline in number of hours worked in Argentina was less than that in Ireland and Australia, it was greater than that in Peru.

while the number of hours worked rose in Argentina between 1950 and 2017, it declined in Ireland, Australia, and Peru.

though the decline in number of hours worked in Argentina was greater than that in Ireland and Peru, it was less than that in Australia.