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Digital SAT Reading and Writing Practice Question #1668

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Ecologists measured annual carbon sequestration rates (in metric tons of CO2 per hectare per year) across four forest ecosystems: Table: Forest Carbon Sequestration - Tropical Moist Forest: 4.8 t/ha/yr - Temperate Deciduous Forest: 3.2 t/ha/yr - Boreal Coniferous Forest: 1.4 t/ha/yr - Coastal Mangrove Swamp: 8.6 t/ha/yr A conservation director claims that terrestrial temperate and boreal forests combined sequester carbon at a faster rate per hectare than coastal mangrove ecosystems. Does the data in the table support the director's claim?
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3.2 + 1.4 = 4.6. Mangroves = 8.6. 4.6 is less than 8.6 -> Claim is false (No).

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Adding temperate (3.2) + boreal (1.4) = 4.6 t/ha/yr. Coastal mangroves sequester 8.6 t/ha/yr. Since 4.6 < 8.6, the data directly refutes the director's claim....

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