TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
PROBLEM: Statement: Until the early 1990s much of the coastline was undeveloped, but a rash of building projects creates an almost continuous ribbon all along the shoreline. Choices:  1. There wasn't much development before 1990. 2. The buildings include residential condos and restaurants. 3. The coastline remains largely untouched by human hands, with a few small-scale beach resorts operating close to the cities.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: A key distinction between recreational and residential benefits is that only those people living in residential areas are assumed to receive benefits from residential visibility, while all households in the U.S. are assumed to derive some benefit from improvements in Class I areas. Choices:  1. Only people in residential areas are supposed to receive residential benefits. 2. Only people in residential areas are supposed to receive residential benefits, but many get around this. 3. Anyone may receive residential benefits.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: The sensitivity of cost to volume for a postal system can be investigated directly provided the ratio of fixed to variable costs is known by function. Choices:  1. Postal system costs are not linked to volume. 2. Postal system costs are linked to volume. 3. Postal system costs are strongly linked to volume.

SOLUTION:
2