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Chapter 2, Problem 13SQ
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Identify the correct option that helps to increase the production of one good.
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What is a ‘final good’?
Select one:
a. A good not used as an input in the production process
b. A natural resource used to produce a good
c. A good purchased as an input in the production process
d. A good used in the production of another good
In deciding to produce a given good, an individual would always choose
A. The process that uses the most capital goods
B. The most productive process available
C. The shortest and most productive process available
D. The shortest process available
The law of increasing opportunity costs indicates that the opportunity cost of producing a good:
a. increases as more of the good is produced.
b. decreases as more of the good is produced.
c. is proportional to the production of the good.
d. is constant to the production of the good.
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