The shift toward mass production affected consumers by
a. making goods less expensive
b. creating a greater variety of goods
c. creating fewer luxury goods
d. making good that lasted longer

The correct option is "a. making goods less expensive"

Chain production, mass production, series production or mass production was a revolutionary process in industrial production whose base is the assembly line or assembly line or production line; a form of organization of the production that delegates to each worker a specific and specialized function in machines also more developed.

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