Which of the answer choices correctly identifies the major mining, ranching, and farming regions of the west in the late 1800s? a - mining; b - farming; c -ranching a - ranching; b - farming; c - mining a - mining; b - ranching; c- farming

This would be the second option (A) mining, (B) farming, and (C) ranching. Mining tends to be geographically spread out as formations underground are scarce and difficult to come by, the area of ranching in the USA is typically dry which means that ranching is more likely in those dry areas, whereas farming is likely in area B as the land is more arable.

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