When Box Lunches Are Handed Out at an Elementary School

question 2

Multiple Choice

When box lunches are handed out at an elementary school, Jimmy (who loves chocolate and hates raisins) gets a raisin cookie and Johnny (who hates chocolate and loves raisins) gets a chocolate chip cookie.This is an example of inefficiency in

• A)output selection.
• B)production planning.
• C)product distribution.
• D)market segmentation.

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Definitions:

Government Policy

Strategies and actions taken by the government to influence or to directly manage the economy or certain sectors of it.

Output

The total quantity of goods and services produced by an economic system over a specific time period.

Double Scoop

A serving of ice cream consisting of two scoops, often of different flavors, placed together in a cone or cup.

Organic

Referring to food or farming methods that do not use artificial chemicals, GMOs, antibiotics, or hormones.