The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.

国家提供基本的日常食物供应，仅此而已。

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Another basic quantity is the bulk modulus k.

另一个基本的量是体积模量K。

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A basic economic law stating that as the price of a good increase, suppliers will be willing to produce more but consumers will demand less, so that price and quantity are both interrelated.

一条经济基本法则，即商品价格上涨时，生产商愿意扩大生产，但消费者的需求下降，这样价格和数量相互制约。

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Second, the structure of state-provided education suggests that the goal of government education is not provision of the socially efficient quantity of basic education.

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