Maya: DVD rental outlets in Mayapur together handled 10,000 fewer DVD rentals in 2004 than in 2003. The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 2004 opening of 'DVD hub', the first and only DVD rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting DVDs, also sold them cheaply.
Vivek: There must be another explanation: as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals. Yet 'DVD hub' sold only 4,000 videos in 2004.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Vivek presents to Maya's explanation?
1
In 2004 'DVD hub' rented out more DVDs than it sold
2
In 2004 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Mayapur
3
Most of the DVD rental outlets in Mayapur rent DVDs at a discount on certain nights of the week
4
People who own DVDS frequently loan them to their friends