Refer to the diagram. If society is currently producing 9 units of bicycles and 4 units of computers and it now decides to increase computer output to 6, the cost:





A. will be 4 units of bicycles.

B. will be 2 units of bicycles.

C. will be zero because unemployed resources are available.

D. of doing so cannot be determined from the information given.


A. will be 4 units of bicycles.

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A political system that promotes the free and open exchange of ideas:

A. will not have well-defined property rights. B. slows the development of new technologies and products. C. is detrimental to economic growth. D. increases average labor productivity.

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Which of the following is NOT a potential problem of using export controls?

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a. It fluctuated.
b. It remained constant.
c. It decreased.
d. It increased.

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