Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 32

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
Figure: Guns and Butter
-(Figure: Guns and Butter) Look at the figure Guns and Butter. The combination of guns and butter at point H:

• A)can be attained but would cost too much.
• B)cannot be attained, given the level of technology and the factors of production available.
• C)has no meaning, since it does not relate to the preferences of consumers.
• D)is attainable but would increase unemployment.

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