Read the passage. which sentence from the text is an opinion that needs more support to be considered valid? as a result, southern plantations increased their production of cotton from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales. ." if whitney had known the effects his invention would have on slavery, he never would have created it. "because whitney's invention made cotton harvesting easier, it allowed farmers in the south to increase production." "because of the increase in production, the farmers in south became even more dependent on cotton for revenue."

nuclear fission produces the atomic bomb, a weapon of mass destruction that uses power released by the splitting of atomic nuclei the fighting in iwo jima and okinawa affected the allies' pacific strategy because truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on mainland japan.

the correct answer is “opportunity cost”. opportunity cost is what a company misses out because it decided in one option over another one. in this case, the company decided to invest in building a factory so it gave up another possible benefit or profit in order to achieve success with the factory.  

trade-off is not the correct answer since it is a situation in which you accept losing something in return for benefits in other areas.

and finally, consequence is a general term used to accept what it comes when you make a decision. it can be a positive or negative consequence depending if the decision you took was the correct one.