a. Assume each country has a total of 9,000 labor hours to devote to the production of the two goods and draw the production possibilities frontier for each country. Put "Digital Camera" on the horizontal axis and "Wheat" on the vertical axis. Be sure to identify the intercept values on your graphs. b. Suppose each country allocates 60% of its labor hours to wheat production and 40% to the production of digital cameras. Complete Table 2-22 below to show each country's output of the two products. Table 2-22: Production and Consumption with no Trade Digital Camera Wheat Output Output (bushels) China South Korea Total c. If the two countries do not trade and consume whatever they produce, identify the current production and consumption point for each country on their respective production possibilities frontiers. Label China's consumption point "C" and South Korea's consumption point "K."

a. Assume each country has a total of 9,000 labor hours to devote to the production of the two goods and draw the production possibilities frontier for each country. Put "Digital Camera" on the horizontal axis and "Wheat" on the vertical axis. Be sure to identify the intercept values on your graphs. b. Suppose each country allocates 60% of its labor hours to wheat production and 40% to the production of digital cameras. Complete Table 2-22 below to show each country's output of the two products. Table 2-22: Production and Consumption with no Trade Digital Camera Wheat Output Output (bushels) China South Korea Total c. If the two countries do not trade and consume whatever they produce, identify the current production and consumption point for each country on their respective production possibilities frontiers. Label China's consumption point "C" and South Korea's consumption point "K."

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