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.

Q: Statement: As Devine has no living relations, it makes sense for the impoverished old men to cook up a scheme by which Michael will assume the dead fisherman's identity, and the pair will divide the money between themselves. Choices:  1. The old men come up with the scheme to delay upsetting Devine's family. 2. Michael has experience as a fisherman. 3. Michael will assume Devine's identity.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: Halfway to Bend on his drive form Salem, Balmer's old Volvo wagon started smoking and died. Choices:  1. The old Volvo Wagon died on its way to Bend. 2. The old Volvo wagon made it all of the way to Bend without any problems. 3. Blamer never took care of his old car properly.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: A basic tenet of biology used to be that the energy requirements of all living things are met ultimately by the sun--mainly through plants converting sunlight into more easily digestible forms of energy. Choices:  1. A basic tenet of biology used to be that the energy requirements of all living things are met ultimately by the sun from photosynthesis. 2. Biology states that the energy used by all biological things comes from the sun. 3. No living things receive their energy from eating things that are fed by the sun.

A:
2
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