One forecaster of the gemstone industry estimated that this

One forecaster of the gemstone industry estimated that this year palladium has experienced increasing sales of up to 10 percent but predicted that the industry as a whole will realize a volume of sales fairly close to last year.

(A) increasing sales of up to 10 percent but predicted that the industry as a whole will realize a volume of sales close to last year.
(B) increases in sales of up to 10 percent but predicted that the industry as a whole would have realized a volume of sales fairly close to last year.
(C) up to 10 percent in increasing sales but predicted that the industry as a whole would realize a volume of sales fairly close to last year.
(D) sales increases of up to 10 percent but predicted that the industry as a whole would realize a volume of sales fairly close to last year's.
(E) increases up to 10 percent of sales but predicted that the industry as a whole will have realized its volume of sales fairly close to last year's.


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