Your task is to predict the verdict of a claim based on the provided question-answer pair evidence. The possible labels are: 'Supported', 'Refuted', 'Not Enough Evidence', 'Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking'. Justify your answer using the provided evidence and select the correct label.

Claim: Cosmetologists train  eleven times longer than emergency medical technicians

Q1: How many hours are required to complete a cosmetology course?
A1: Each state sets its own standards. Most require 1,500 hours, and some, like New York and Massachusetts, require only 1,000. Iowa requires 2,100.

Q2: How many hours of training does it take to become an EMT?
A2: You can become an emergency medical technician in the state of Iowa after 132 hours.

Q3: Using the Iowa Numbers of 2100hrs for cosmetology vs 132 hours for EMT training, How many times longer does it take to become a cosmetologist in Iowa?
A3: 2100/132= 15.9090909091
(rounded up to 16 it works out you have to do an additional 15 times as much.

Q4: How many hours does it take to become a cosmetologist in New York?
A4: 1000hrs

Q5: How many hours does it take qualify as an EMT in New York?
A5: EMTs courses are normally between 150 and 180 hours to complete.

Q6: Using the New York Numbers of 1000hrs for cosmetology vs 180 hours for EMT training, How many times longer does it take to become a cosmetologist in Iowa?
A6: 1000/180=5.55555555556

So over 4.5 times longer to become a cosmetologist.

Q7: What is the average training time in the USA to become an EMT?
A7: According to Indeed career guide It takes approximately 120 hours of supervised training to become an EMT. This typically takes candidates between six months and one year to complete

Q8: With Most states requiring 1500 hours of training to become a cosmetologist and the average EMT course taking 120hrs. how many times more training would you need to do to be come a cosmetologist?
A8: 1500/120=12.5 so you would have to do 11.5 times more training to be a qualified cosmetologist in comparison to becoming an EMT based on the average numbers of 1500hrs for Cosmetology and 120hrs for EMT.
user
justification: You would have to do 11.5 times more training to be a qualified cosmetologist in comparison to becoming an EMT based on the average numbers of 1500hrs for Cosmetology and 120hrs for EMT.

verdict: 'Supported'
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