The Principle of Increasing Opportunity Costs states that:

A. opportunity costs increase when too little is produced.
B. when increasing production, resources with the lowest opportunity costs should be used first.
C. productive people do the hardest tasks first.
D. when increasing production, resources with the lowest opportunity costs should be used last.


Answer: B

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