Lunch in Jamie's Dorm Is an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet, Served from 11

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Lunch in Jamie's dorm is an all-you-can-eat buffet, served from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. By noon, the buffet is picked over, and by 12:30, there are very few popular items left. The garbage bins, though, are full of food. Over time, you would expect that students would:

• A)stop eating so much at lunch because they would notice that it generates waste.
• B)start distributing themselves more evenly over the lunch hours to avoid long lines.
• C)come earlier and earlier for lunch in order to have a better selection from which to choose.
• D)be pickier in their selections from the buffet.

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