If You Discover That the Opportunity Cost of Raising Your

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Multiple Choice

If you discover that the opportunity cost of raising your economics grade is zero, you

• A)are studying too hard and receiving a higher grade than is optimal for you.
• B)must be on the production possibilities frontier that describes your trade-offs between producing high grades and producing other goods.
• C)must be inside the production possibilities frontier that describes your trade-offs between producing high grades and producing other goods.
• D)must be producing more of other goods than is optimal for you.

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