Which of the answer choices BEST explains what relative means in the sentence below?Scarcity is a relative concept; for instance, firewood may be scarce for some people but not for others.

Here, relative means that scarcity depends on a person’s situation rather than being the same for everyone. Firewood can be scarce for some people but readily available to others, so the best choice is “dependent upon the circumstances involved.”

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