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james works at an automobile factory. every day he goes to work and inspects the machines at the factory to make sure they are running smoothly. at the end of the every week, james is paid by his boss, bill, for his good work. james takes his paycheck to the bank every friday and deposits most of it, but keeps a little bit of spending money. he then takes his wife, julie, out for dinner, using the leftover money from his paycheck.

In 1914, alabama produced 1.7 million bales of cotton, but three years later produced only 515,000, bales. meanwhile, in georgia, 5.2 million acres of land was dedicated for cotton production in 1914, but by 1923 there were just 2.6 million acres used for growing cotton. all of this was the result of the work of a tiny insect: the boll weevil. alabama and georgia first felt the effects of the boll weevil at different times. what would account for this difference in timing? a) the infestation moved from west to east. b) the infestation moved from east to west. c) georgia had better ways to deal with the problem. d) alabama was further from the insect's point of origin.