Which One of the Following Is a Durable Consumer Good

question 285

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is a durable consumer good?

• A) a home computer
• B) gasoline
• C) food
• D) office supplies that will be used up this year

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Definitions:

Diastereomer

Stereoisomers which do not act as mirror reflections of one another.

Specific Rotation

A measure of the rotation of plane-polarized light by a chiral compound in solution, specific to the wavelength of light and temperature.

(-)-Lactic Acid

An enantiomer of lactic acid that is often associated with the sour taste of fermented foods.

Meso Compound

A molecule with multiple chiral centers that is superimposable on its mirror image due to an internal plane of symmetry.