Angela's biological survival constraint 12 Feasible frontier. Angela and Bruno combined 2.5 24 Angela's hours of free time The diagram shows that: Select one or more: O a. If Angela works 24 hours a day she can still survive. O b. There is a technically feasible allocation where Angela does not work. O c. A new technology that produced more grain would give a larger technically feasible set. O d. If Angela needed less grain to survive the technically feasible set would be smaller. Bushels of grain

Angela's biological survival constraint 12 Feasible frontier. Angela and Bruno combined 2.5 24 Angela's hours of free time The diagram shows that: Select one or more: O a. If Angela works 24 hours a day she can still survive. O b. There is a technically feasible allocation where Angela does not work. O c. A new technology that produced more grain would give a larger technically feasible set. O d. If Angela needed less grain to survive the technically feasible set would be smaller. Bushels of grain

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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