Contractor bids on a highway construction job, incorporating guardrail company’s bid into its overall bid to the state. contractor cannot accept guardrail’s offer until it gets the nod from the state. contractor gets the nod from the state, but before it can accept guardrail’s offer, the latter revokes it. usually a person can revoke an offer any time before it is accepted. can guardrail revoke its offer in this case?

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.