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Chapter 1: 22 (page 25)

Can you think of any examples of free goods, that is, goods or services that are not scarce?

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We can think of sea water is an example of free good.

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Step 1: Concept of Free good 

A free good indicates a product with zero opportunity cost. This states that we can produce goods as needed with little or zero effort.

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Step 2:Example for free goods

Sea water is an example of free goods. There is no opportunity cost for these goods.

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