gross federal debt shd it be a combination of both public and government accounts? In other words, should we add the percentages of dark and light grey and see which ones go above 100?

I understand what you are thinking but I think the answer is indeed 3 because the black bar chart is not infront of the gray but below it!

So the top of the grey bar is already a sum of black and grey.

I think the question shpuld have been worded better.

plz explain above problem ?

To get a better idea of what this chart is telling us, let's examine the data from 1940.
Notice that the top of the bar is approximately in line with 51%.
This means the TOTAL federal debt (consisting of debt held by the public and debt held by government accounts) is equal to 51% of the gross domestic product
In other words, in 1940, the gross federal debt equaled 51% of the gross domestic product.

Similarly, in the 1946, we see that the top of the bar is approximately in line with 121%.
This means the TOTAL federal debt (consisting of debt held by the public and debt held by government accounts) is equal to 121% of the gross domestic product
In other words, in 1946, the gross federal debt equaled 121% of the gross domestic product.
In other words, in 1946, the gross federal debt EXEEDED the gross domestic product.

So, every year in which the top of the bar is greater than 100%, we know that the gross federal debt EXEEDED the gross domestic product for that year.

We can see that, in 1945, 1946 and 1947, the gross federal debt EXEEDED the gross domestic product for that year (i.e., the top of the bar is greater than 100% for those three years)

Answer: A

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