The designers at a manufacturing company are coming out with a new product but they want to sell more units, so they deliberately engineer the products to have a limited useful life.This illustrates the concept of
A)cultural diffusion.
B)deliberate dumping.
C)conspicuous consumption.
D)planned obsolescence.

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This scenario represents the concept of planned obsolescence, which means deliberately designing products to have a limited useful life in order to encourage consumers to purchase new ones more frequently. This is often done for the purpose of increasing sales and profits.

The Designers at a Manufacturing Company Are Coming Out with a New