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What is the MAIN reason that employers hired young boys and girls to work in factories and mines?

AChildren need work and did not complain
BEmployers paid children less than they paid adults
CChildren learn quicker than adults
DChildren were healthier than adults and were not as likely to become sick or injured.

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BEmployers paid children less than they paid adults.

Around that time period children, especially orphans, didn't have many rights or protective laws. As a result, business owners could get away with paying with them less.

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