For This Pair of Items, Choose the Option That Best

Multiple Choice

For this pair of items, choose the option that best describes their relationship. (A) the number of growth rings of a 10-year-old tree from the northern hemisphere
(B) the number of growth rings of a 10-year-old tree from the tropics

A) Item (A) is greater than item (B) .
B) Item (A) is less than item (B) .
C) Item (A) is exactly or very approximately equal to item (B) .
D) Item (A) may stand in more than one of the above relations to item (B) .