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During the past two years, five percent of the managers with sufficient experience to be considered for the post of CEOs were women, and all of those deemed to have sufficient experience during those years received the post of CEO. Despite this fact, women currently hold only two percent of posts of CEOs in top industries.

Which of the following, if true, could explain the discrepancy in the percentages called in the passage above?

  1. Two years ago, it required less experience to be considered for the job of CEO than it does today.

  2. The majority of those holding post of CEOs have held those positions for more than two years, dating back to a time when practically everyone holding that position was male.

  3. The women with sufficient experience to be considered for the post have tended to specialise in different areas of management than the men considered for the same.

  4. Men and women holding the post of CEOs have received equal financial compensation for the previous two years.

  5. None of these
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Explanation

The percentage of the managers who succeeded as CEOs in last 2 years has been shown here. However, the total percentage of female CEOs in top industries is 2 percent. Yet, it only shows that there was a negligible number of female CEOs before that period. We cannot conclude that there were only male CEOs.

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