Understanding Business Activity

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What is a need?
A good or service essential for living
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What is a want?
A good or service which people would like to have but which is not essential for living
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What is meant by the Economic Problem?
There exists unlimited wants but limited resources to produce the goods and services to satisfy those wants. This creates scarcity.
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What is meant by scarcity?
Is the lack of sufficient products to fulfil the total wants of the population.
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What is Opportunity cost?
Is the next best alternative given up by choosing another item
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What is a want?

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A good or service which people would like to have but which is not essential for living

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What is meant by the Economic Problem?

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What is meant by scarcity?

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Card 5

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What is Opportunity cost?

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