Jose Has One Evening in Which to Prepare for Two

question 38

Multiple Choice

Jose has one evening in which to prepare for two exams and can employ one of two possible strategies: The opportunity cost of receiving a 92 on the statistics exam is __________ points on the economics exam.

• A) 12
• B) 11
• C) 16
• D) 77

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Definitions:

Analogous

Similar or comparable in certain aspects, typically in a way that allows for a comparison or analogy to be made between different things.

Uniformitarianism

The principle that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere.

Catastrophism

The theory that Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.