Free GMAT Practice Question

The graph below refers to a public library's book collection. For each month of a 12-month period, it depicts the number of books checked out and the number of books returned. These were the only factors that changed the collection size; no new books were added from outside, and no books were removed.

On the basis of this information, select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement.

At the end of the 12-month period, the total number of books in the collection was --- Select ---less thangreater thanequal to the number of books in the collection at the beginning of the period.

The monthly totals of checkouts and returns resulted in a net increase in the book collection in --- Select ---every oneexactly 10exactly 2none of the months.