Listed Below Are the Top-Steel Producing Nations, in Millions of Tons

question 53

Multiple Choice

Listed below are the top-steel producing nations, in millions of tons, for the year 2004. Express the amount produced by China, the European Union, Japan, and Russia as an index, using the United States as a base. What percent more steel does Japan produce than the United States?

• A) 184.6
• B) 84.6
• C) 15.4
• D) 52.6
• E) 32.1

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