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A city library system tracked annual digital catalog searches and in-person browsing visits over five years: Year Digital Catalog Searches (thousands) In-Person Browsing Visits (thousands) 2019 45 210 2020 68 175 2021 90 160 2022 112 142 2023 130 138 The administrators' hypothesis: "As patrons' use of the digital catalog increases, in-person visits to browse physical shelves decline correspondingly." Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the administrators' hypothesis?
- From 2021 to 2022, in-person visits rose from 160,000 to 142,000 as digital searches fell from 90,000 to 112,000, reinforcing the hypothesis.
- Searches rose from 45,000 to 130,000 (2019-2023) while in-person visits fell from 210,000 to 138,000 — the predicted inverse relationship.
- The data prove that every public library will lose all in-person visitors once its digital catalog searches surpass 100,000 per year.
- In 2023, the library recorded 130,000 digital catalog searches, more than in any other year shown.
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