In a mercantilist system, a country tries to increase its_

and decrease its

a. manufacturing, agriculture

o

o

b. agriculture, manufacturing

c. imports, exports

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d. exports, imports

exports, imports

Explanation:

By increasing the exports more revenue for the country and by decrasing also the imports more of this revenue coming from exports can be destined to each country specific needs. High exports and low imports generate a positive balance in a country's account

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.