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Question 78

Study the table below representing the deforested area (in square kilometres, km2\text{km}^2km2) recorded across different states of the Brazilian Legal Amazon during a year of high deforestation monitoring.

StateDeforested Area (km2\text{km}^2km2)
Pará3,854
Mato Grosso2,125
Amazonas1,480
Rondônia1,116
Other States925
Total Legal Amazon9,500

Calculate the deforested area in Mato Grosso as a percentage of the total deforested area for the Brazilian Legal Amazon.

Show your working. Give your answer as a whole number.

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