Carl's Home Is About to Be Flooded by the Rising

question 145

Multiple Choice

Carl's home is about to be flooded by the rising creek due to all the recent rain.He gets a group of neighbours together to fill sand bags to help keep the creek out of their basements.What kind of task is this?

• A) disjunctive
• B) conjunctive
• C) additive
• D) subtractive

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Efficiency Loss

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