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Here’s a list of claims from the stimulus, with certain elements emphasized for reasons that will become clear in the answer choices:
- Almost all [recent] books have acid in them.
- If a book has acid in it, it is gradually deteriorating.
- Deterioration can be slowed [by keeping cool].
- In the future, there will be methods of deacidifying books.
- Probably: if a book is insignificant, no deacidifying methods will ever be applied to it.
Analysis by MichaelWright
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