One Way to Get Fruit to Ripen Faster Is to Place

question 31

Multiple Choice

One way to get fruit to ripen faster is to place it in a paper bag with other ripe fruit.Which of the following best explains this observation?

• A)Ripe fruit releases ethylene gas.
• B)Ripe fruit breaks down auxins.
• C)The lack of oxygen promotes photosynthesis,which ripens the fruit.
• D)Ripe fruit carries fungi that attack other fruit.
• E)When fruit is in the dark it thinks it is underground and begins to germinatE.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity Of Demand

The ratio of the percent change in the quantity demanded to the percent change in the price as we move along the demand curve.

Price Discrimination

The approach of marketing identical products to various customers at various prices, determined by their readiness to pay.

Network Externalities

The effect that an additional user of a good or service has on the value of that product to others.

Value Of The Good

The importance, worth, or usefulness of a good to consumers, often reflected in the price they are willing to pay.