Global poverty is an increasing threat in today's modern age. which fact would best support the thesis?
a. a fact about the number of immigrants allowed into the us each yearb. a fact about how much food would be necessary to adequately feed the globec. a fact about the birth rate in chinad. a fact about the increased access to health care in third world nations

apprenticeships are formal, paid, long-term training programs that provide valuable classroom instruction coupled with on-the-job training for skilled, high-paying jobs.

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.