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Ten years ago, the Salisbury City Council passed the Culinary Bill, new legislation to protect the interests of local non-franchise restaurants. Of the 120 local non-franchise restaurants in Salisbury today, 85 opened during the last ten years. Clearly the Culinary Bill has caused a surge in the number of local non-franchise restaurants operating in Salisbury over the past ten years.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

The Culinary Bill provides no benefit to restaurants that are members of national franchise chains Most of the consumers in Salisbury who patronize these local restaurants are aware of the provisions of the Culinary Bill and approve of them. All economic indicators suggest that household incomes in Salisbury have risen substantially over the past ten years. Of the local non-franchise restaurants in Salisbury ten years ago, fewer than 85 have closed. Similar legislation in similar sized cities across the country has, in most cases, led to an increase in the number of local non-franchise restaurants.