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

The CBO said very clearly that if you were to adopt the president's plan, there would be a $2 trillion hole in Social Security, because today's workers pay in to the system for today's retirees. And the CBO said -- that's the Congressional Budget Office; it's bipartisan -- they said that there would have to be a cut in benefits of 25 percent to 40 percent.
Hypothesis: The Social Security system is funded by current workers.
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Answer:
Yes


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

Preliminary tests identified the source of the outbreak as the highly contagious norovirus, which had struck several guests just before they boarded the cruise Nov. 3 in Rome, Carnival officials said.
Hypothesis: Guests did not board the cruse in Rome. 
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Answer:
No


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

US Steel could even have a technical advantage over Nucor since one new method of steel making it is considering, thin strip casting, may produce higher quality steel than the Nucor thin slab technique.
Hypothesis: Thin Strp casting is the only way to make make metal.
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Answer:
