Which of the Following Does Not Illustrate the Concept of Opportunity

question 150

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not illustrate the concept of opportunity cost?

• A)Between 1990 and 1997,the state of California laid off 10,000 of its university employees to have the money to hire 10,000 employees for its prison system.
• B)By reducing its unemployment rate,the United States dramatically increased its production of both civilian and war goods in the early years of World War II.
• C)A computer whiz at M.I.T.gives up her senior year at the university to take a high-paying position at a new company,Socrates.com.
• D)The Secretary of the Interior must choose between enforcing a law that would save the spotted owl,an endangered species or the loss of 500 logging jobs.

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Definitions:

Magma Chambers

Reservoirs beneath Earth's surface containing molten rock, crucial to the process of volcanic activity and the formation of igneous rocks.

Crystal Setting

The process or arrangement by which crystals are positioned or embedded within a piece of jewelry or a geological matrix.

Rock Walls

Natural or man-made vertical structures made of rock, often serving as boundaries, fortifications, or geological features.

Continental Mantle Plumes

Upwellings of abnormally hot rock within the Earth's mantle thought to cause volcanic activity and continental breakup.