The first cotton mill in america was powered by a) wind b) water c) coal d) electricity

I may be wrong but I believe it's water, since most of the early machines in the industrial revolution were powered by water! I'm really sorry if this is wrong

B becasue The mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, had water-powered machinery for carding and spinning cotton

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.