As a Young Boy in the 1970s,Robert Remembered That There

question 37

Multiple Choice

As a young boy in the 1970s,Robert remembered that there was a push for public schools to teach children the metric system.The movement to adopt metric measurement was eventually abandoned in the United States.How could Robert explain this outcome?

• A)path dependency
• B)resocialization
• C)discrimination
• D)institutionalization

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Definitions:

Production Function

An economic model that describes the relationship between inputs used in production and the output of those goods or services.

Supply Function

A mathematical model that illustrates the relationship between the supply of a good or service and its price, holding other factors constant.

Production Function

An equation that describes the relationship between inputs and the maximum output that can be produced with those inputs.

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