At today's rate of consumption, the world's known reserves of tantalum will last about ________ more years at today's rate of consumption, but if everyone in the world began consuming tantalum at the rate of U.S

citizens, then it would last for only ________ years.
A) 15; 5 B) 50; 15 C) 200; 50 D) 50; 5 E) 200; 15


E

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