After a couple of cars were broken into, neighbors began to believe that there was a crime spree occurring in their neighborhood. in fact, many were reporting minor dings and scratches on their cars to the police, claiming that criminals had tried to break in and steal their cars. the police believed that the original crimes were isolated incidents carried out by teenagers as nothing was stolen. which of the six principles of scientific thinking does this example best fit?
a. extraordinary claims
b. replicability
c. occam's razor
d. ruling out rival hypotheses

Using the factors of production to make one product always means that o .) a company may experience a shortage of materials o . )a nation can make more money o. ) it is possible to make too many of that product o. ) fewer resources are left to make something else

What occured in preparations of war

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.