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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| efficiency | Use of resources in a way that minimizes output of goods and services. |
| goods | Physical objects that can be exchanged. |
| trade-off | All possible alternatives that are rejected when a choice is made. |
| scacity/shortage | Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited needs or desires. |
| services | Actions or activities that one person performs for another. |
| opportunity cost | Most desirable alternative given up when people chose one course or another |
| underutilization | Use of fewer resources than the economy is capable of using. |
| labor | Paid effort that people devote to a task. |
| factors of production | labor, land and capital |
| production possibilities graph | Representation of alternative ways to use the economy's resources. |
| production possibilities frontier | The line that shows different production possibilities for an economy. |
| production possibilities graph | Representation of the possible ways an economy could use resources. |