In March a Factory Used New Technology to Produce Its

question 45

Multiple Choice

In March a factory used new technology to produce its output. Then in August a fire destroyed half the factory. The new technology shifted the factory's PPF ________ and the fire shifted it ________.

• A)outward; outward
• B)inward; outward
• C)outward; inward
• D)inward; inward

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