Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

As a result of the increased taxes announced on February 13, 1998, excise taxes on cigarettes and tobacco sticks vary from $2.25 to $5.35 for a carton of cigarettes and from $1.85 to $2.93 for a carton of tobacco sticks, depending in which province the tobacco products are offered for sale.

OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Tobacco goods have always been taxed
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Answer:
It's impossible to say

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

CHAPTER 19 DAWN AND DUSK In early June , when the sand hills were a great glory of pink wild roses , and the Glen was smothered in apple blossoms , Marilla arrived at the little house , accompanied by a black horsehair trunk , patterned with brass nails , which had reposed undisturbed in the Green Gables garret for half a century .

OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: All of the flowers on the sand hills were pink.
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Answer:
It's impossible to say

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

The United Iraqi Alliance, endorsed by Iraq's top Shiite clerics, captured more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted so far, the election commission said.

OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: People can't vote in Iraq.
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Answer:
No