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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.
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Statement: For estimating the consumables necessary for the technologies, such as limestone, ammonia, catalyst, or activated carbon, the Cumulative Total MWe value is most important. Choices: 1. The cumulative total is good for estimating the amount of limestone. 2. The cumulative total is terrible for estimating the amount of limestone. 3. The cumulative total is good for estimating the amount of limestone that will be pulled from a single quarry.
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1

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Statement: That should save some time, at least. Choices: 1. At least that should be a time saver. 2. That should prove to be more Prudent. 3. That will prove to be a waste of time at the least.
answer:
1

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Statement: When bathing in the sea became popular at the end of the 18th century, wealthy families from Edinburgh began to spend days here taking the waters in state-of-the art bathing machines. Choices: 1. Visiting the seaside became popular in the late 1700s, and bathing machines became popular. 2. The bathing machines, while being state-of-the art, sometimes malfunctioned to the dismay of the wealthy families that used them. 3. Rich people did not tend to come to this place, because they looked down on it.
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1