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Expanding Bakery Production Possibilities
A bakery produces bread and cakes. Its production possibilities are limited by the daily supply of flour and the total available oven time. Describe two distinct changes in the bakery's operating conditions that would expand its set of all possible production combinations for a given day. For each change, specify which constraint is being relaxed.
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