Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true. Select from options at the end:

Oil prices this Tuesday rose sharply in New York and London reaching a record 42,33 US dollars per barrel, 2.45 US dollars more than last Friday.

Hypothesis: Oil prices this Tuesday surged to an all-time high in New York, at 42 dollars a barrel, 1.92 dollars a barrel more than last Friday.
Pick your answer from: a. yes; b. no;
The answer is
b.