Sentence 1: Ninety-five Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) requests were received from 46 states and territories for a total of $19.

Sentence 2: $19 dollars was spent due to technology initiative grant requests.
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Answer: yes

Sentence 1: It grew from 5.2 billion pieces in 1987 to 9.9 billion pieces in 1997.

Sentence 2: the number of pieces in 1987 was less than the number of pieces in 1997.
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Answer: yes

Sentence 1: This approach reduced the amount of risk in the development of each increment, facilitating greater success in meeting cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

Sentence 2: This made it 40% more successful to stay on budget.
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it is not possible to tell