Offshore Crude Oil Production: Mexico The following table shows daily offshore crude oil production by Pemex, Mexico’s national oil company, for 2008–2013:35
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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2.25 | 2.01 | 1.94 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 |
a. Use the data in the table to compute the average rate of change of
b. Which of the following is true? From 2008 to 2013 the two-year average rate of change of offshore crude oil production of Pemex
(A) increased in value.
(B) decreased in value.
(C) increased then decreased in value.
(D) decreased then increased in value.
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