Which of these statements about Ivan Dmitritch is true at the start of the story? I
He encourages his wife to play the lottery more frequently.

He thinks that playing the lottery is a waste of time and money.

He plays the lottery quite often and it angers his wife.
He doesn't play the lottery because it is against his religion.

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eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.