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What is the difference between scarcity and shortage?

a.scarcity is temporary while a shortage is permanent.
b.scarcity occurs when goods and services are low because prices are high.
c.shortages are temporary while scarcity always exists because there will always be a greater need for limited resources.
d.a shortage will always exist because when a drought kills crops, those crops are not salvageable, scarcities are temporary.

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C. Shortages are temporary while scarcity always exists because there will always be a greater need for limited resources.
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