The graph below shows the percentage of households with diferent kinds of technology in the U.S. from 1995 to 1999. Summarize the information bselecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the proportion of different electronic devices: washing machines, computers, phones, the

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, and DVD players used by American households between 1995 and 1999.

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all devices witnessed an upward trend over the period, the washing machine trend stayed consistent with the highest figure compared to other kinds of technology. Computers and DVD players were overtaken by phones and the

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of the given period, respectively. As can be seen, the percentage of washing machines increased from 60% in 1995 to just under 70% in 1996, and the latter rose to 80% in 1999. Computers and phones showed similar trends, jumping from 40% and roughly 20% at the beginning of the period to 60% and around 75% in 1990, respectively,

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, the phone figure overtook the computer in the same year.

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, the DVD player,

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a third-rank of popular household technologies, declined sharply to approximately 15% in 1996 and was replaced by

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usage. And

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, it dramatically surged to 40% in 1999.

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the fifth-popular, moved upward to the fourth-popular device in 1999, at 40%.