Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:200
180
Sean's PPF
160
140
120
Yvette's PPF
100
80
60
40
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
BARLEY (Bushels)
has an absolute advantage in the production of barley, and
has an absolute advantage in the production of alfalfa.
Sean's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of alfalfa is
bushels of barley, whereas Yvette's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of
alfalfa is
bushels of barley. Because Sean has a
opportunity cost of producing alfalfa than Yvette,
has a
comparative advantage in the production of alfalfa, and
has a comparative advantage in the production of barley.
ALFALFA (Bushels)
20

Transcribed Image Text:Sean and Yvette are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of barley and alfalfa each farmer can
produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing barley or alfalfa or to produce barley on some of the
land and alfalfa on the rest.
Barley
Alfalfa
(Bushels per acre)
(Bushels per acre)
Sean
40
8
Yvette
28
7
On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Sean's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond
symbol) to plot Yvette's PPF.
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