When the government chooses to use resources to build a dam, those resources are no longer available to build a highway.This illustrates the concept of

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This scenario illustrates the concept of opportunity cost, which is the tradeoff of choosing one option over another and giving up the opportunity to use those resources in another way. In this case, the resources used to build a dam cannot be used to build a highway, and vice versa. Therefore, the best choice is D.

When the Government Chooses to Use Resources to Build a Dam