Why was formal education more important fo urban americans than rural american?

Most higher-paying jobs in the cities required a formal education ( because  If you don't get an education, you can't be productive, so you can't have a job, and you wouldn't make any money. If no one did any jobs, then nothing would get done and the economy would be destroyed ) while most Rural americans were farmers and gained more from working on the farm or family business running rather than going to school.

Hence, the formal education was more important for urban americans than rural americans.

step-by-step explanation:

ok one would be money, and the other would be refreshments or something similar. if each bag of popcorn is 5.00 and each drink is half of that that means drinks are 2.50 the proper way to do that would to look and see how much of each you can buy without exceeding a limit of 30.00