What does your mother mean by her argument

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Imagine that it is 1970 and your parents are in college, debating the merits of the CAA. Your father supports the act, but your mother says that since it only covers new plants, it might actually make the air dirtier.

a. What does your mother mean by her argument?

b. How would you construct an empirical test to distinguish between your parents' hypotheses?

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