A patent

A. is often necessary to motivate inventions.
B. makes a good that has recently been invented more expensive than it could be.
C. is better for a writer of books than it is for an inventor of medicines.
D. is often necessary to motivate inventions and makes a good that has recently been invented more expensive than it could be.


Answer: D

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