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Case 02 · White House steel production · Image check

The bars looked nearly 2× apart. The values were 1.24% apart

A cropped baseline greatly amplifies a one-million-ton difference between two annual production values.

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Million metric tons80.280.781.281.780.881.8Earlier yearLater year
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U.S. steel production surged between the two shown years

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