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 each person takes as much cake as they want causing the store to run out of samples the store doesnt allow anyone to have a cake sample the store limits the samples to one piece of cake per person

Explanation:

The tragedy of the commons occurs when individuals act in their own self - interest and deplete a shared resource. In the case of the cake samples, if each person takes as much cake as they want, the shared resource (cake samples) will be exhausted, which fits the tragedy of the commons. Taking one piece, the store not allowing samples, or the store limiting samples do not represent the tragedy of the commons as the first two are either sustainable or not about over - consumption of a shared resource, and the last is a regulation to prevent over - consumption.

Answer:

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