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Could you please answer? It's going to be a sample for IELTS reading part. I know the answer but I don't understand. Could you please answer what you think is correct. Yes /No /Not Given Thirty per cent of deaths in the United States are caused by smoking-related diseases. Here is the sentence from the text: Smoking, it is believed, is responsible for 30 per cent of all deaths from cancer.
Oct 6, 2019 1:42 AM
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No / Not given. The text says 30% of *cancer* deaths come from smoking. It does not say that 30% of (all) deaths come from smoking.
October 6, 2019
Could you tell me the correct answer first? 😂😂
October 6, 2019
Matthew is correct: "30% of all deaths from cancer (are caused by smoking)" is different from "30% of deaths in the United States (are caused by smoking)."
October 6, 2019
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