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 Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.
[A]: 2


[Q]: Statement: Although public attention focuses on the trust fund insolvency dates, the effect of financing Social Security and Medicare will be felt sooner as the baby boom generation begins to retire. Choices:  1. Although public attention focuses on the farming land insolvency dates, they should really be worried about tax refunds. 2. Social Security and Medicare will be insolvent by 2020. 3. We'll see the struggle in financing Medicare as soon as the baby boomers begin to come of age.
[A]: 3


[Q]: Statement: There are few easy walks on the higher ground, but around Wast Water and in the valley bottom you can enjoy footpaths that offer panoramic views of the mountains. Choices:  1.  Around Wast Water and in the valley bottom you can an easy walk along the footpaths enjoying a panoramic view of the mountains. 2. There are many difficult paths to walk on the higher ground.  3. There are no easy paths to walk that offer good views of the mountains. 
[A]:
1