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

A bid topping $17.7 billion was jointly proffered by Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corporation on Thursday to buy beleaguered Adelphia Communications Corporation in an industry consolidation move. Adelphia is the fifth largest cable service provider in the United States with nearly 5 million subscribers. The market-share grabbing bid trumps the previous Cablevision offer of $16.5 billion. The bid is under scrutiny by the presiding judge over the Adelphia's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, and must also be approved by the company's creditors owed in the range of $20 million.
Hypothesis: Adelphia is not the ninth largest cable service provider in the United States with nearly 5 million subscribers.
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Answer:
Yes


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

I am sure if he had longer to ask his question he would have pointed out the fact that the former Progressive Conservative government was busy making important structural changes and if it would have had just a little more time it would have probably pursued the necessary fundamental changes we are discussing as the Progressive Conservative Party of 1999.
Hypothesis: The Progressive Conservative Party was first founded in 1940.
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Answer:
It's impossible to say


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

How to break up ice on a driveway<br>Choose a deicing product carefully. Not all deicing products are the same, so read the labels and choose the one that is best for your deicing needs. Rock salt (sodium chloride) is the most common deicing product, but keep in mind that this product may contain cyanide in it as well.
Hypothesis: It doesn't matter what product you choose to deice a driveway.
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Answer:

No