QUES: Shares of Coke closed New York Stock Exchange trading Thursday at $ 44.01 .

In morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange , Coca-Cola shares were down 34 cents at $ 43.67 .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

[Q]: The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average eased 44 points , or 0.47 percent , to 9,543 , after scoring five consecutive up sessions .

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 18.25 points , or 0.19 percent , to 9,586.71 .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
He was convicted by a Ventura County Superior Court jury and sentenced in absentia to 124 years in prison .
He was convicted in his absence in January and sentenced to 124 years .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Gore said while the Patriot Act made some needed changes , it has " turned out to be , on balance , a terrible mistake . "

" Nevertheless , I believe the Patriot Act has turned out to be , on balance , a terrible mistake . "
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no

Q: The researchers at Imperial College London had previously shown that the hormone could suppress the appetites of lean people .

Bloom and his colleagues had previously shown that the hormone , PYY3-36 , could curb the appetites of lean people .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

[Q]: In Somalia , only 26 % of adolescent females ( aged 10-19 ) have heard of Aids and just 1 % know how to protect themselves .
In Somalia , the report says , only 26 percent of adolescent girls have heard of AIDS and only 1 percent know how to protect themselves .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
yes