Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A vicious cycle
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a situation in which one problem causes another one, making the original problem impossible to solve.
2
a situation in which one problem causes another one, making the first one easy to solve.
3
a situation in which one problem creates another one, making the original problem easy to forget.
4
a situation in which several problems merge and become one extremely complex problem.
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