Miranda Is Working on a Financial Summary for Company Investors

question 43

Multiple Choice

Miranda is working on a financial summary for company investors. In the document, she makes sure that the body of her text is positioned along the left side of the page, that her headings are centered, and that images are all placed along the right margin. Together, these choices are best described as examples of which design principle?

• A) contrast
• B) proximity
• C) illustration
• D) repetition
• E) alignment

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Definitions:

Negative Externalities

Costs suffered by a third party due to an economic transaction they were not involved in.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning individuals cannot be effectively excluded from use and where use by one individual does not reduce availability to others.

Marginal Social Benefit

The additional benefit to society from consuming one more unit of a good or service, considering both private and external benefits.

Marginal Social Cost

The additional cost to society as a whole for producing one more unit of a good or service.