See the multi-choice question below:

Sentence 1: Its annual growth rate dropped from 6.9 percent in 1987-90 to 1.4 percent in 1990-93 and further to 1.0 percent in 1993-97

Sentence 2: Its annual growth rate dropped from 6.9 percent in 1987-90

If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Choose from:
A). yes
B). it is not possible to tell
C). no
A).