What Caused the Smog That Plagued Los Angeles in the 1950s

question 5

Multiple Choice

What caused the smog that plagued Los Angeles in the 1950s?

• A) Sprawling urban and suburban settlements without efficient public transportation
• B) Massive industrial growth combined with limited population
• C) A huge electric power project that required diversion of the city's waterways and the cutting of its trees
• D) The inefficiency of the diesel-powered buses and trains that made up the city's extensive public transportation system

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Consumer's Surplus

The variance between what consumers are prepared and capable of spending for a product or service and the actual sum they end up paying.

Price of X

The cost or monetary value associated with acquiring, producing, or selling a good or service named X.

Quasilinear Preferences

Preferences characterized by a linear relationship in one good and non-linear in others, implying constant marginal utility for the linear good.

Consumer Surplus

The gap between the total price consumers are ready and able to spend for a good or service and what they actually spend.