Government water resource specialists have estimated that the Great Lakes currently contain about 200 thousand tons of pesticidepollutants, the amount of new pesticide pollutants that enter the lakes is about 20 thousand tons peryear, and the stock of pesticide pollutants was about 200 thousand tons last year. Based on thisinformation, what is the stock dissipationrate?

A.20 percent

B. 5 percent

C.Zero

D.10 percent