If a Price Ceiling on Gasoline Results in Long Lines

question 150

Multiple Choice

If a price ceiling on gasoline results in long lines at the gas station and a rich businessman and an elderly retiree both need gasoline, who would have the higher-valued use for gasoline, and who would have the lower opportunity cost of waiting in line?

• A) The businessman would have the higher-valued use and the lower opportunity cost.
• B) The businessman would have the higher-valued use and the retiree would have the lower opportunity cost.
• C) The retiree would have the higher-valued use and the lower opportunity cost.
• D) The retiree would have the higher-valued use and the businessman would have the lower opportunity cost.

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