Which of the Following Is a Normative Statement

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a normative statement?

• A)Next year's inflation rate will be under 4 percent.
• B)Consumers will buy more gasoline over the December holiday period than they bought during the summer holiday period even if the price of gas is 10 cents a litre higher than it was during the summer.
• C)Government cuts in welfare spending impose an unfair hardship on the poor.
• D)A wheat shortage or surplus is always the result of federal government policies.
• E)Hurricane Irma caused more damage in the United States than Hurricane Harvey.

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Definitions:

IR Absorption

A spectroscopic technique that measures the absorption of infrared light by molecules, used to identify certain functional groups based on their vibrational energy.

Hydrogenation

A chemical reaction where hydrogen is added to double or triple bonds in an organic compound, often resulting in saturated compounds.

2-Pentene

An alkene with the formula C5H10, featuring a double bond between the second and third carbon atoms.

Pentane

A straight-chain alkane with the formula C5H12, used as a solvent in the laboratory and as a standard in certain types of chromatography.