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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Question: Statement: But, if he had bothered to read any history books, he'd have discovered that a new set of entrepreneurs was born out of the massive Boeing layoffs of 1970, when tens of thousands of unemployed Boeing workers were trying their hands at anything to make a buck. Choices: 1. He would have discovered that a new set of enterpreneurs was born out of the massive Boeing layoffs of 1970, if he only bothered to read any history books. 2. But, if he wouln't bother reading history books, he wouldn't have discovered that. 3. He didn't know anything about the unemployed Boeing workers.

Answer: 1

Question: Statement: Still, all that shine simply hid a different kind of dirt. Choices: 1. Just because something appears to be clean and perfect doesn't mean it isn't smudged somehow. 2. The dirt showed prominently and hid any shine there was. 3. Even though they were shiny, they weren't free of dirt.

Answer: 3

Question: Statement: well not that we could be bought but uh Choices: 1. You could easily buy us, no doubt. 2. Well, we can't necessarily really be bought, but... 3. I would rather not sell myself out, or us as a whole, but if you can think of something tempting, maybe we can come to a deal.

Answer:
2