How Factories Make Products

Mission Brief #77

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Spot the cost behind the price.

⚡ The twist

Cheap for you usually means expensive for someone else.

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Factories use machines and workers to produce large quantities of goods. The factory system made products cheaper and more widely available during the Industrial Revolution.

Key facts

Remember these

1Every choice has an opportunity cost.
2Money is a medium of exchange.
3Needs are different from wants.

Then & Now

💱 Every receipt you've ever seen has this idea inside it.

Question 1 of 2

What happens when demand is high and supply is low?

How sure?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

What are goods?

How sure?😐 maybe

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