Question

Read the following excerpt from Steve Bullock’s Oral Argument to the U.S. Supreme Court, Montana vs. Wyoming and North Dakota. The Tongue and Powder Rivers are the only significant water supply in a 10,00-square-mile area in Montana and Wyoming, and this Court is being asked to decide whether the compact allows Wyoming to take the return flows that Montana farmers in that area have always relied on or, instead, affords protection to both States. Use context clues or a dictionary to select the best definition for Bullock’s use of compact. packed together to make firm or stable a small case containing a mirror a formal agreement

Answer 1

D. A formal Agreement

Answer 2

A formal agreement

Step-by-step explanation:

The word compact has several meanings, however, based on the context clues that indicate that the text comes from a Supreme Court case (which tends to be formal) and the case is about determining to what extent The Tongue and Powder Rivers should benefit Wyoming and North Dakota, we can infer that compact refers to a formal agreement or contract. It is a contract that can "allow" someone to do something (in this case, Wyoming), and that afford protection to someone or something (in this case, both states).