The board of education of a school district faced with a surplus of teachers, but unable to lower salaries because of union contracts, will

A) be unable to balance the quantity supplied with the quantity demanded.
B) have to hire fewer teachers than it wants to.
C) have to hire more teachers than it wants to.
D) tend to have relatively few young teachers on its payroll.


D

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