13. According to a 1980 survey, ten percent of all United States citizens over the age of sixteen are functionally illiterate . Therefore, if the projection that there will be 250 million US citizens over sixteen in the year 2000 is correct, we project that 25 million of these citizens will be functionally illiterate.
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B From 1975 to 1980 there was a three-percent decrease in the rate of functional illiteracy among US citizens over teh age of sixteen.
ans. B
I wonder why b is correct since the period of from 1975 to 1980 is not consistent with the passage , that is accoring to the survey in 1980 to get the conclusion in 2000.
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