Instructions

The pie charts given below depict the percentage productionbreakup of 4 crops viz maize, corn, soyabean and wheat in the world and USArespectively. Assume that the total world production of these crops in a given year is160 million tonnes.

In all the questions, 'ROW' means rest of the world other than USA.

Question 62

Assume that the total production of maize in the USA is 3 million tonnes. Calculate the percentage (approximately) of the total production of food crops in the world accounted by the USA?

Solution

The total production of maize in the USA is 3 million tonnes and maize constitutes 40% of the total production of the USA.

Thus, total crop production in the USA = $$\frac{3}{0.4}=7.5$$million tonnes.

Thus, the percentage of the total production of crops in the world accounted for by the USA = $$\frac{7.5\times100}{160}=4.68\%$$

Hence, the answer is option B.


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