Why Does Removing an Overripe, Mushy Apple from a Container

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why does removing an overripe, mushy apple from a container of otherwise good apples help preserve the good apples?

• A)The overripe apple makes ethylene gas, which can cause the good apples to become overripe.
• B)Ethylene production in the good apples is inhibited by the lack of ethylene production in the overripe apple.
• C)Chemicals in the overripe apple stimulate the conversion of sugar to starch in the good apples.
• D)The production of cytokinins is inhibited in the remaining good apples.
• E)Gibberellins help preserve the good apples.

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Definitions:

Long-Run Cost Function

An economic model that describes how production costs change over time as all inputs can be varied by the producer.

Marginal Cost Function

A mathematical relationship describing how the cost of producing one additional unit of output varies as production scale changes.

Optimal Output

The level of production that maximizes a firm's profit, where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.

Producer Surplus

Producer surplus is the difference between what producers are willing to accept for a good or service versus what they actually receive, reflecting gains from trade.