Question

a grocery store is giving away free cake samples. which of the following would cause this scenario to become a tragedy of the commons? each person takes only one piece of cake the store limits the samples to one piece of cake per person the store doesnt allow anyone to have a cake sample each person takes as much cake as they want causing the store to run out of samples

Explanation:

The tragedy of the commons occurs when individuals act in their own self - interest and overuse a shared resource, leading to its depletion. In the case of the cake samples, if each person takes as much cake as they want, this is self - interested behavior that will deplete the shared resource (the cake samples) and cause the store to run out. The other options either involve responsible use (taking one piece, store limiting to one piece) or no use (store not allowing samples), which do not fit the tragedy of the commons.

Answer:

each person takes as much cake as they want causing the store to run out of samples