You are studying in your dorm room, but your neighbor is blasting the television in the adjacent room. when you gently request that your neighbor turn the volume down until you cannot hear it, you are asking your neighbor to make the volume less than your

I guess the correct answer is absolute threshold

You are studying in your dorm room, but your neighbor is blasting the television in the  adjacent room. When you gently request that your neighbor turn the volume down until you  cannot hear it, you are asking your neighbor to make the volume less than your absolute threshold.

the answer would be voluntary exchange -

"the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions. moreover, transactions are made in such a way that both the buyer and the seller are better off after the exchange than before it occurred."

hope this : )

-shy

answer; organization;