Increasing Opportunity Costs Suggest That

question 65

Multiple Choice

Increasing opportunity costs suggest that:

• A) Resources are not perfectly shiftable between the production of two goods
• B) Resources are fully shiftable between the production of two goods
• C) A country's production possibilities curve appears as a straight line
• D) A country's production possibilities curve is bowed inward (i.e.,convex) in appearance

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Definitions:

Hydrophobic

Characteristic of molecules that repel water or do not mix well with water, often due to nonpolar properties.

Alkanes

Hydrocarbons consisting solely of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in straight or branched chains without any double or triple bonds.

Cis/trans Designation

A way to distinguish isomers by the relative positioning of functional groups within a molecule; cis means on the same side and trans means on opposite sides.

Compound

A substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements in a fixed ratio.