A patient with pulmonary fibrosis has lung volumes measured using the open-circuit method and by plethysmography with the following results: 
Which of the following best explains these results?
A) This is a normal pattern for the patient's diagnosis.
B) The FRC by N2 washout is erroneously low.
C) The VTG is erroneously low.
D) The predicted FRC is incorrect.
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