Figure 2-10 -Consider the Production Possibilities Frontier for Food and Clothing in Food

question 12

Multiple Choice

Figure 2-10

-Consider the production possibilities frontier for food and clothing in Figure 2-10.A movement from point J to point K could be caused by

• A) the development of new and better technology
• B) increasing unemployment
• C) the movement of society into a recession
• D) the law of increasing opportunity costs
• E) eliminating productive inefficiency

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Sweat Chloride Test

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