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In a city, the waste from the factories is disposed directly into a river. The given graph shows the reduction in the quantity of fish caught (in quintals) from the river in the past 25 years.
The reduction in the quantity of fish caught from 1980 to 2005 is

A

24 quintals

B

20 quintals

C

16 quintals

D

12 quintals

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