Which of the following goods are usually intermediate goods and which are usually final goods?

a$.$ Running shoes:

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b$.$ Cotton fibers:

$($Click to select$),$hat$()$

c$.$ Watches:

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d$.$ Textbooks:

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e$.$ Coal:

f$.$ Sunscreen lotion:

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g$.$ Lumber:

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a$.$ Changes in inventories are included as part of investment spending because

anything produced by a business that has not been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business

has consumed.

anything produced by a business that has been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business has

consumed.

anything produced by a business that has not been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business

has invested.

anything produced by a business that has been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business has

invested.

b$.$ If inventories decline by $$1$ billion during $2025,$ then $$1$ billion would be

subtracted from both gross private domestic investment and gross domestic product.

subtracted from gross private domestic investment and added to gross domestic product.

added to gross private domestic investment and subtracted from gross domestic product.

added to both gross private domestic investment and gross domestic product.

a$.$ Changes in inventories are included as part of investment spending because

anything produced by a business that has not been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business

has consumed.

anything produced by a business that has been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business has

consumed.

anything produced by a business that has not been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business

has invested.

anything produced by a business that has been sold during the accounting period is something in which the business has

invested.

b$.$ If inventories decline by $$1$ billion during $2025,$ then $$1$ billion would be

subtracted from both gross private domestic investment and gross domestic product.

subtracted from gross private domestic investment and added to gross domestic product.

added to gross private domestic investment and subtracted from gross domestic product.

added to both gross private domestic investment and gross domestic product.