Suppose a Scientific Breakthrough Leads to a Lower- Cost Method

question 16

Multiple Choice

Suppose a scientific breakthrough leads to a lower- cost method of producing battery- operated cars in Canada. The likely effect would be to move Canada's current production

• A)possibilities boundary inward.
• B)above the level of U.S. production.
• C)to a point inside its new production possibilities boundary.
• D)to a point beyond its new production possibilities boundary.
• E)possibilities boundary outward.

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