At the End of the Year, Ford Realizes It Has

question 28

Multiple Choice

At the end of the year, Ford realizes it has overproduced Fiestas, because 2,500 of them are left unsold. How is this accounted for in that year's GDP? The cars are:

• A) considered inventory and their value will increase investment.
• B) considered durable goods, and their value will increase consumption.
• C) not counted until they are sold in next year's GDP.
• D) considered a bad thing and reduce the value of investment.

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Definitions:

Conducting Cells

Cells in plants that form the tubes for transporting water, minerals, and nutrients, namely xylem and phloem cells.

Sieve Tubes

A series of tube-like structures found in plants that are part of the phloem and responsible for transporting sugars and other organic nutrients.

Simple Diffusion

A process where molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration until equilibrium is reached, without the need for energy input.

Pressure-Flow Model

A hypothesis describing how sugars are transported in plants, particularly how sucrose is moved from photosynthetic tissues to various parts of the plant through the phloem.