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.
Refer to the information given above.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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