Based on the texts, how would the authors of Text 2 most likely respond to Vinter's prediction?

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Text 1
Economist Lars Vinter predicts that a four-day working week would reduce companies' output, since the same work would have to fit into fewer hours.

Text 2
A trial of the four-day week across sixty firms found that output was unchanged and that staff turnover fell. The trial's authors caution, though, that the firms taking part had volunteered, and that companies confident of coping may have been the ones to sign up.

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A. By citing evidence against it while noting that the evidence comes from firms that chose to take part.. Text 2's finding — output unchanged — counts against the prediction, and its own caution about volunteer firms limits how far that finding reaches. Choice A captures both.

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B. By agreeing that output would fall in most companies. — Text 2 found output unchanged; it doesn't agree that output would fall.

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C. By recommending that all firms adopt the four-day week immediately. — The authors' caution about volunteer firms is the opposite of a blanket recommendation.

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D. By arguing that staff turnover matters more than output. — Turnover is reported as a second finding, never ranked above output.

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Answer: A. By citing evidence against it while noting that the evidence comes from firms that chose to take part.

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