Which sentence from Passage 1 provides the WEAKEST support for the author's
argument?
"Authoritarian approaches have been the
norm for many years."
"Getting input from dozens of employees
could take hours, and some suggestions will
likely be impractical."
"In this way, a team is not using five hundred
dollars' worth of materials when they could
actually make do with much less."
"Employees must request materials, time, or
funds.

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.