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You are given a background paragraph that describes one or more causal or qualitative relationships such as a relationship in economics or a scientific law and a story that makes use of the concepts or the relationship described in the provided paragraph. You are also given a question about the story that requires an understanding of the relationship described in the background paragraph and the story. You need to come up with an answer to the given question; the answer will be a span from either the question or the story. In order to correctly answer the given question, you need to understand the relationship mentioned in the background paragraph and should be able to use it to understand that in the story. Your answer can not consist of any word that is not mentioned in any of these: the background paragraph, the story, or the question. You can directly copy and paste a span from the story or the question while answering the given question.
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Background Paragraph: Turner et al (2006) derived crash prediction models for this report’s predecessor and found a
pronounced ‘safety in numbers’ effect in the models. Using the crash prediction model for mid-block
locations, generic motorist and cyclist volumes can be used to demonstrate the impacts on the
expected crash rate of varying motor vehicle and cycle volumes. As shown in figure 2.20, an increase
in the proportion of cyclists to the overall traffic volume causes an increase in expected crashes at
mid-block locations, but the crash rate increases at a decreasing rate. That is to say, the crash rate per
cyclist goes down as the cycle volume increases. 
Story: There were a lot of motorcycles on Interstate 15 last week. On Saturday, there were 1551 motorcyclists. On Sunday, there were 2551 motorcyclists. On Monday, there were 3551 motorcyclists. On Tuesday, there were 4551 motorcyclists. On Wednesday, there were 5551 motorcyclists. On Thursday, there were 6551 motorcyclists. On Friday, there were 7551 motorcyclists. 
Question: What day had a lower crash rate per cyclist: Thursday or Friday?
answer:
Friday.


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Background Paragraph: So much rain falling so fast causes some of the damage from a hurricane. But a lot of the damage is caused by storm surge. Storm surge is very high water located in the low pressure eye of the hurricane. The very low pressure of the eye allows the water level to rise above normal sea level. Storm surge can cause flooding when it reaches land ( Figure below ). High winds do a great deal of damage in hurricanes. High winds can also create very big waves. If the large waves are atop a storm surge, the high water can flood the shore. If the storm happens to occur at high tide, the water will rise even higher. 
Story: Beach town was hit hard by the hurricane. Hill town was spared, being situated 50 miles south. the eye of the hurricane passed almost through Beach town. 
Question: Which town had less damage caused by storm surge?
answer:
Hill.


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Background Paragraph: Storing large volumes of data – When storing XML to either file or database, the volume of data a system produces can often exceed reasonable limits, with a number of detriments: the access times go up as more data is read, CPU load goes up as XML data takes more power to process, and storage costs go up. By storing XML data in Fast Infoset format, data volume may be reduced by as much as 80 percent. 
Story: Earl had a busy day storing XML. At 3 PM, he stored 11000 Gigabytes to the database. At 4 PM, he stored 22000 Gigabytes to the database. At 5 PM, he stored 33000 Gigabytes to the database. At 6 PM, he got dinner. At 7 PM, he stored 44000 Gigabytes to the database. At 8 PM, he stored 55000 Gigabytes to the database. At 9 PM, he went to sleep to finish storing XML tomorrow morning. 
Question: What time did the access times go up: 7 PM or 9 PM?
answer:

7 PM.