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60,00050,00040,00030,00020,00010,0000Machines sold1903190819131918Singer Sewing Machine Salesin Four Countries, 1903–1918Year New Zealand Australia the Philippines Turkey
  • The following 4 lines are shown:
    • New Zealand
    • Australia
    • the Philippines
    • Turkey
  • The New Zealand line:
    • Begins at 1903, 4,284
    • Rises gradually to 1908, 4,918
    • Rises gradually to 1913, 4,962
    • Falls gradually to 1918, 4,119
  • The Australia line:
    • Begins at 1903, 21,147
    • Rises gradually to 1908, 24,276
    • Rises gradually to 1913, 24,495
    • Falls gradually to 1918, 20,332
  • The Philippines line:
    • Begins at 1903, 1,937
    • Rises gradually to 1908, 2,241
    • Rises sharply to 1913, 27,266
    • Rises sharply to 1918, 44,820
  • The Turkey line:
    • Begins at 1903, 24,439
    • Rises sharply to 1908, 33,200
    • Rises sharply to 1913, 50,794
    • Falls sharply to 1918, 13,604

By the early 1900s, the Singer Corporation, a US sewing machine manufacturer founded in 1851, began to see rapidly increasing sales abroad, particularly in Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. These markets were responsible for the bulk of Singer’s overseas sales, but demand for the company’s machines in other countries also grew significantly in the early twentieth century. For instance, sales of their sewing machines in blank

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