Sentence 1: According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population increased by 9.8 percent from the April 2000 census figures.

Sentence 2: The Hispanic population increased by 9.8per cent from the April 2000 census figures, despite less favourable social and economic conditions than in the 1990s.

From 0 to 5 (0="no meaning overlap" and 5="means the same thing"), how similar are the two sentences?

i. 0
ii. 1
iii. 2
iv. 3
v. 4
vi. 5
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