Alan, Beth, and Chad all needed to use a printer—whose toner cartridge was running out—to print one document each. The documents comprised only text and no significant amount of blank space so the printer's software gave an accurate estimate of how many pages the cartridge could print. Based on the numbers of pages in their documents, they determined a strategy by which Chad' document and exactly one of the others would be fully printed before the cartridge ran out, with the other document having to wait until after the cartridge was replaced. Which document besides Chad's was to be printed before the cartridge replacement?
(1) If Chad's document were printed first, the cartridge would not have been able to print Alan's document.
(2) Beth's document had fewer pages than Alan's document.
(A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not.
(B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not.
(C) Both statements together are sufficient, but neither alone is sufficient.
(D) Each statement alone is sufficient.
(E) Neither statement is sufficient, even when combined.
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