Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
Input: Statement: These amounts are not large, but competition generally prevents charging higher rates to some customers in order to fund reduced rates for others. Choices: 1. All customers are charged at the same rates. 2. These amounts are small, but competition restricts charging higher rates to some clients. 3. The maximum rate that can be charged to customers is three percent.

3