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Identifying Components of a Choice Problem
A small bakery has a monthly advertising budget of $1,000. They can spend this money on either local newspaper ads or social media campaigns. Their primary goal is to maximize the number of new customers visiting their store. Based on this scenario, identify the three key components of this decision-making problem: the objective, the choice variables, and the constraint.
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