b. trucking companies underbidding other modes to secure business
Explanation:
Intramodel competition is the type of competition that exist among similar technologies that are employed for similar services. E.g a cable television company competing with another cable television company in providing entertainment.
Truck companies underbidding for a contract in other to secure business while displacing its competitors is an example of intramodel competition.
In 1750, New France settlement was distinguished by Gold down St.Lawrence river and along Great lakes. The pattern that French people took for the living was in different cities along the St.Lawrence river which was a trade route.