In less developed countries, consumer goods such as telephones, televisions, and motor vehicles are

A) available for sharing by a large number of people.
B) unknown and unfamiliar to most people.
C) essential to rural life.
D) familiar to many but owned by relatively few.
E) available only through local manufacture.


Answer: D

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