The Expression "There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

question 128

Multiple Choice

The expression "There's no such thing as a free lunch" means that

• A)services may be free, but goods are never free
• B)even if it has a price of zero, a good or service has a cost
• C)charitable organizations should not serve free lunches to the poor
• D)poor people are really the ones who pay for their allegedly free lunches
• E)someone has to pay the market price for a good or service

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Definitions:

Injured Ankle

A physical condition involving harm or damage to the ankle, likely affecting mobility or causing pain.

Icy Sidewalk

A pavement surface that becomes slippery and hazardous due to a layer of ice formation.

Res Ipsa Loquitur

A legal doctrine that infers negligence on the part of the defendant when the accident that caused the injury is one that ordinarily does not occur in the absence of negligence.

Negligence

The failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances.