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question 50

Multiple Choice

The table below gives the average rate of monthly U.S. field production of crude oil for each decade from the 1920s through the 2000s (based on estimates calculated from the US Energy Information Administration) . Use this data to estimate the total US field production from the 1920s to the 2000s. Note that there are 120 months in a decade. Production is given in millions of barrels per month.

• A)188,160,000,000 barrels
• B)94,050,000,000 barrels
• C)221,352,000,000 barrels
• D)72,350,000,000 barrels

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