Recall the Application About Growth in China and India to Answer

question 157

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about growth in China and India to answer the following question(s) . From 1978 to 2004, China grew at a rate of 9.3 percent per year and India grew at a rate of 5.4 percent per year.
-According to this Application, China's growth rate was faster than India's during this 26 year period because

• A) China received more contributions from human capital than India received.
• B) China invested more in physical capital than India invested.
• C) China's growth was based more on human capital and India's growth was based more on physical capital.
• D) China's growth was based more on human capital and India's growth was based more on technological progress.

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Definitions:

Asymmetric Carbon

A carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups, resulting in a chiral center that can have two different spatial arrangements (enantiomers).

R or S

Designations used in stereochemistry to describe the absolute configuration of chiral centers in molecules.

Diastereomer

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.

Stereochemical Detail

Information regarding the spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules and its influence on the physical and chemical properties of those molecules.