Assume an economy producing only two goods (shoes and computers) with a fixed amount of productive resources and technology and employing all its productive resources to the maximum. The maximum output combinations of both goods are given in the table below: Combination Shoes Computers                                      Shoes   Computers                 A           0        1000                B            100       900              C             200         750             D            300         550            E            400         300            F              500      0 Draw the PPF using your knowledge about the shape and slope of PPC. I Does the PPF have the expected shape?  iii. Explain why your PPF in (a) above depicts that shape.

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Assume an economy producing only two goods (shoes and computers) with a fixed amount of productive resources and technology and employing all its productive resources to the maximum. The maximum output combinations of both goods are given in the table below: Combination Shoes Computers          

                           Shoes   Computers

                A           0        1000

               B            100       900

             C             200         750

            D            300         550

           E            400         300

           F              500      0

  1. Draw the PPF using your knowledge about the shape and slope of PPC. I
  2. Does the PPF have the expected shape?

 iii. Explain why your PPF in (a) above depicts that shape.

  1. How many computers could society produce if it was willing to do without shoes?
  2. Why are points outside the frontier unattainable?
  3. Identify three ways by which the economy can attain the level of production outside the PPF.

vii. What happens to the PPF when technological change overwhelmingly favours the production of computers? 

viii. What happens to the PPF when the economy discovers an improved technology for producing shoes? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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