nvelluXl.com/Student/PlayerHomework.aspx?homeworkld=611294898&questionld=8&flushed%3DfalseITMG 1B Econ 2100Homework: Basics ...Question 8, 1.1 Question...HW Scor>O Point:nic The problem of scarcityO A. can be solved in a market economy.O B. exists because the unlimited human wants cannot be satisfied with limited resources.O C. would disappear if there were no market failures.O D. exists because the limited human wants cannot be satisfied with available resources.O E. always results in shortages of some goods.

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