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9080706050403020100Percent2009/20102010/20112011/20122012/20132013/2014Percentage of Maize Exported by Three Countries for Marketing Years 2009/2010–2013/2014Marketing year Argentina Brazil United States
  • The following 3 lines are shown:
    • Argentina
    • Brazil
    • United States
  • The Argentina line:
    • Begins at 2009/2010, 66.5%
    • Falls gradually to 2010/2011, 66%
    • Rises sharply to 2011/2012, 81%
    • Falls sharply to 2012/2013, 70%
    • Falls gradually to 2013/2014, 65%
  • The Brazil line:
    • Begins at 2009/2010, 21%
    • Falls gradually to 2010/2011, 15%
    • Rises sharply to 2011/2012, 34%
    • Falls gradually to 2012/2013, 31%
    • Falls gradually to 2013/2014, 27%
  • The United States line:
    • Begins at 2009/2010, 15%
    • Remains level to 2010/2011, 15%
    • Falls gradually to 2011/2012, 13%
    • Falls gradually to 2012/2013, 7.5%
    • Rises gradually to 2013/2014, 13.5%

Argentina, Brazil, and the United States are among the world’s leading producers of maize (corn), and each country exports a certain percentage of maize each marketing year, which runs from March to February in Argentina and Brazil and from September to August in the United States. A student is researching those percentages and finds that for the marketing year 2012/2013, the percentage of maize exported by blank

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the text?