Direction: Answer the following questions on the basis of the information below.
The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend its limited income. It has $7 million left in its budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the constitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are:
- Hurricane preparedness: $2.5 million
- Harbor improvements: $1 million
- School music program: $0.5 million
- Senate office building remodeling: $1.5 million
- Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million
- National radio: $0.5 million
- Small business loan program: $3 million
- International airport: $4 million
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If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program, what two other programs could they fund?
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- harbor improvements and international airport
- harbor improvements and school music program
- hurricane preparedness and school music program
- hurricane preparedness and international airport
- harbor improvements and hurricane preparedness
Correct Option: B
On the basis of above given details in question ,
The only two programs that total 1.5 million dollars are the harbor improvements and school music program.
