Simple question what long-term impact did the development of the power loom have on great britain? a. it caused an increase in the production of british textiles. b. it caused cotton to become great britain's leading export. c. it caused people to lose their jobs in the textile mills of urban areas. d. it caused the government to revise the process for patenting inventions.

Edmund Cartwright was an English inventor who helped quicken the weaving process with his patented "Water powered loom" around 1785, which was vital in the development of the industrialization of weaving during the industrial revolution, not only in Great Britain but Europe and the rest of the world, placing GB at the forefront.

The weaving process was made easier and more prolific by this improved technology on the textile equipment mechanics, but in the long run it reduced the demand for skilled hand weavers, leading of course to wage reduction, unemployment, riots, social protests and discontent; albeit it made cloth more affordable, increasing the demand for the products and the exports, soothing a bit the situation by making the industrial employment to grow with new opportunities.

Explanation:

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: