Farming in Poor Countries Is Considered to Be ___________ Intensive

question 98

Multiple Choice

Farming in poor countries is considered to be ___________ intensive because __________.

• A) labor; labor is typically relatively cheaper than machinery in poor countries
• B) capital; the labor used is concentrated, spread thinly across a lot of capital
• C) labor; the tools in poor countries are more plentiful than the people
• D) capital; the tools in poor countries are relatively cheaper than the cost of using people in poor countries

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