Forest is a mountain man living in complete isolation in northern British Columbia.He is completely self-sufficient through hunting,fishing,and farming.He has not been in the city to buy anything in five years.One can infer
A) the scarcity problem does not apply to Forest.
B) Forest is not required to make choices.
C) the scarcity problem still applies because more hunting means less fishing and so on.
D) Forest is very satisfied.
E) Forest knew the Prime Minister.

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Even though Forest is completely self-sufficient, the scarcity problem still applies to him because he has limited resources (e.g. time, energy) and needs to make choices about how to allocate them. For example, if he spends more time hunting, he may have less time for farming or fishing.

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