Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 147

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions.

Figure 2.1.2
-Consider the production possibilities frontier in Figure 2.1.2. Which of the following statements is false?

• A)Resources are not equally useful in all activities.
• B)Points inside the production possibilities frontier indicate unused or misallocated resources.
• C)Starting at point A, an increase in the production of Y will shift the production possibilities frontier outward.
• D)The opportunity cost of producing Y increases as production of Y increases.
• E)The opportunity cost of producing X increases as production of X increases.

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Definitions:

Echinoderms

Phylum of spiny-skinned marine deuterostome invertebrates characterized by a water vascular system and tube feet; include sea stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.

Segmentation

A body plan in which the body is divided into a series of compartments (segments).

Deuterostomia

Deuterostomia is a major division of the animal kingdom that includes groups like the chordates and echinoderms, characterized by the developmental feature in which the anus forms from the first opening in the embryo, with the mouth forming later.

Protostomes

A major group of animals in which the mouth develops from the first opening in the embryo, with examples including mollusks, annelids, and arthropods.