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What was the cost of the economic damage caused by storms in the Americas?

A. $292 billion

B. $314 billion

C. $331 billion

D. $378 billion

E. There is not enough information.


Explanation:
Data interpretation
We would need to know the total cost of the economic damage in America (which we do) and what percentage of economic
damage was caused by storms in America (which we don’t) We only know what percentage of economic damage was
caused by storms worldwide, and that is not enough information.

Shortcuts / pitfalls:
We migjt think that if 38% of all economic damage was caused by storms worldwide, then the same percentage of
economic damage was caused by storms in America, but that is not necessarily true

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