If You Burn Your Trash in the Backyard in Spite

question 242

Multiple Choice

If you burn your trash in the backyard in spite of regulations against it, then you are

• A)acting economically irrationally and creating a social cost.
• B)avoiding the private costs associated with disposing your trash some other way and creating a social cost.
• C)acting rationally and creating a positive externality.
• D)saving landfill space and creating a social benefit.

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Definitions:

Covalent

Describing a type of chemical bond formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms.

Ionic

Relating to ions or the chemical bonds formed through the electrical attraction between oppositely charged ions.

Bonding

The attractive force that holds atoms or ions together in a molecule or compound, forming a stable substance.

Lewis Structure

A schematic that outlines the atomic connections within a molecule and highlights any existing unbonded electron pairs.