A city council has $100,000 to spend on city improvements. The council may choose to spend this money on buying two new fire trucks or updating four local parks. Which of the following is a trade-off of choosing to spend the money on four local parks? pick one

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Responses

Firefighters must use older trucks.

Firefighters must use older trucks.

Local parks will be open shorter hours.

Local parks will be open shorter hours.

More people will enjoy visiting local parks.

More people will enjoy visiting local parks.

No money will be available to pay firefighters.

No money will be available to pay firefighters.

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The correct response for the trade-off of choosing to spend the money on four local parks is:

Firefighters must use older trucks.

This choice reflects the opportunity cost of allocating the funds for parks instead of purchasing new fire trucks.