Which of the Following Best Explains Why Making Air Travel

question 123

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why making air travel completely safe is not efficient?

• A) After some level of safety is reached, making airplanes even safer is not worth the opportunity cost that would be incurred.
• B) Because one can't put a price on human life, airplane safety generally doesn't matter economically.
• C) The benefit from additional airplane safety will generally rise as airplanes are made safer, more than offsetting the opportunity cost involved.
• D) The question is misleading--making airplanes safer is always efficient.

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Definitions:

Autarky

An economic system where a region or country is self-sufficient and has no trade with the outside world.

Specialization

The situation in which each person specializes in the task that he or she is good at performing.

Absolute Advantage

The ability of an individual or economy to produce a good or service more efficiently than competitors using the same amount of resources.

Cars

Motor vehicles with four wheels designed primarily for passenger transportation and commonly powered by internal combustion engines.