Looking at the graph and given what you know about pesticide resistance, what do you think will probably happen to curve "b" in the future?

A. It will level off
B. It will increase a small amount, and then level off
C. It will continue to increase
D. It will decrease
E. It is impossible to answer the question with the provided data


Answer: C

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