Tom Was Overweight When He Was 13

question 21

Multiple Choice

Tom was overweight when he was 13.During puberty he continued to gain weight steadily until at age 23,when he decided to lose weight.Tom successfully lost 50 pounds.Which of the following most likely happened to Tom's fat cells?

• A)They shrank in size but did not decrease in number
• B)They melted away when he burned all the excess fat
• C)They decreased in number but did not decrease in size
• D)They changed very little since fat cells shrink only with a weight loss greater than 100 pounds

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Definitions:

Law of Increasing Cost

The principle that as production of a good expands, the opportunity cost of producing an additional unit rises.

Marginal Output

Marginal Output is the additional quantity of output that is produced by utilizing one more unit of a certain input, holding all other inputs constant, used to assess productivity improvements or decreases.

Diseconomies of Scale

Diseconomies of scale occur when a company or business grows so large that the costs per unit increase, opposite of economies of scale where costs decrease with increasing production.

Economic Growth

A rise in the output of goods and services within an economy over a specific time frame.