CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS QUESTION According to Table 23.1, the manufacturing production of the world had taken a clear shift toward -British controlled India. -the newly unified nations of Italy and Germany. -the Far East. -the West. -the British colonies.

If we are talking about current times, manufacturing production of the world has taken a crear shift toward the Far East.

Currently, the largest East Asian country: China, is also the largest manufacturer in the world, accounting for 28% of total global manufacturing. This has led some commentators to declare that China is the "factory of the world".

Other East Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, also have large manufacturing sectors. In the case of the first three countries, in more technologically advanced sectors, while Vietnam is mostly developing a cheaper manufacturing sector that has replaced China in some sectors.

i think it would be reparing roads  

1.3x - 2 - (3.3x + 5) = 2x + 1

1.3x - 2 - 3.3x - 5 = 2x + 1

-2x - 7 = 2x + 1

-7 = 4x + 1

-8 = 4x

x = -2