The Scientist Credited with Bringing the Metric System to Russia

question 20

Multiple Choice

The scientist credited with bringing the metric system to Russia was

• A)Marie Curie.
• B)Wilhelm Röntgen.
• C)Anna Bertha.
• D)Dmitri Mendeleev.

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Definitions:

Bowed Outward

Refers to the shape of a production possibility frontier that indicates increasing opportunity costs for producing two goods.

Opportunity Cost

The cost of foregone alternatives; the value of the best alternative given up when a decision is made to choose one option over another.

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting all maximum output possibilities for two goods, given a set of inputs, representing the trade-off between different choices in the allocation of resources.

Opportunity Cost

Giving up possible gains from several options by choosing a particular one.