The Figure Depicts a Shift in a Society's Production Possibilities

question 123

Multiple Choice

The figure depicts a shift in a society's production possibilities frontier (PPF) for the manufacture of trains and planes: train-manufacturing capacity expands while plane-manufacturing capacity shrinks. Refer to this figure to answer the following questions.

-Which point represents an output that was efficient before the shift but is inefficient afterward?

• A) point A
• B) point B
• C) point C
• D) point D
• E) point E

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Definitions:

Sedimentary Unit

A layer of sedimentary rock with distinct physical, chemical, or biological characteristics that distinguish it from adjacent layers.

Overlapping

The placement of objects over one another, often used to describe geological layers that cover part of each other.

Wrangellia Terrane

A geological region composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks, originally formed as an island arc, and now part of the coastal regions of British Columbia, Alaska, and Yukon.

Fault Line

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