Television programming experts maintain that with each 1% increase in the prime-time ratings of a television station there is a 3.5% increase in the number of people who watch its evening news program. However, in the last ten years at Channel NTR, there was only one year of extremely high prime-time ratings and during that year, fewer people than ever watched Channel NTR’s evening news program.

Which of the following conclusions can properly be drawn from the statements above?

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When a news program has good ratings, the channel as a whole will have good ratings.

The programming experts neglected to consider daytime news programs.

The year of high ratings at NTR was a result of two hit shows which were subsequently canceled because of contractual problems.

The ten-year period in question is not representative of normal viewing patterns.

Prime-time ratings are not the only factor affecting how many people watch an evening news program.

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