Farmer Jack is a well-established farmer who owns two plots of land. He refers to his fields of land by names. One field/plot of land is called Gator Plot, and the other one is called Brown Plot. As a farmer, Jack produces Cotton and Grains. Gator plot has a total of 80 acres of land, and in this field, it takes 10 acres to produce 1 unit of Cotton and 20 acres to produce 1 unit of Grains. On the other hand, Brown Plot has 100 acres of land. In this field, it takes 20 acres to produce 1 unit of Cotton and 10 acres to produce 1 unit of Grains. However, because Jack has been farming for a while now, he is worried about overharvesting COTTON because if he harvests too much Cotton, then the land will become barren. Consequently, there is a quantity restriction on Cotton and only Cotton. The restriction is outlined as follows: FIRST, there is a quantity restriction of 4 Cotton in Gator Plot. This means that Gator Plot is allowed to produce a maximum of 4 units of Cotton. SECOND, there is a quantity restriction of 2 Cotton in Brown Plot. This means that Brown Plot is allowed to produce a maximum of 2 units of Cotton. With this information, please answer the following parts of this question: Part A) Draw/Create the joint PPF (Production Possibilities Frontier). Please label the graph clearly by indicating values for slopes, intercept(s), endpoint(s), and graphical kink(s)). Part B) Farmer Jack is a leading farmer in the market, and his goods attract the attention of outside merchants who approach him. The merchants sell and buy Cotton and Grain at prices Pc = 3 and Pg = 1, respectively. Likewise, on the graph drawn/created in Part A, please indicate the value-maximizing point of total production, and explain: what is the value-maximizing point of total production? Basically, how many units of Cotton and Grains are produced? Please explain how you got your answer. Part C) Jack makes a decision to consume 5 units of Grains and as many units of Cotton as possible. With that said, how many units of Cotton does Jack consume? Please explain your answer. In doing so, please also indicate Jack's point of consumption on the graph drawn in Part A and use the answer found in Part B to draw the CPF (Consumption Possibilities Frontier). Please clearly label the CPF by indicating values for slope and intercepts.
Farmer Jack is a well-established farmer who owns two plots of land. He refers to his fields of land by names. One field/plot of land is called Gator Plot, and the other one is called Brown Plot. As a farmer, Jack produces Cotton and Grains. Gator plot has a total of 80 acres of land, and in this field, it takes 10 acres to produce 1 unit of Cotton and 20 acres to produce 1 unit of Grains. On the other hand, Brown Plot has 100 acres of land. In this field, it takes 20 acres to produce 1 unit of Cotton and 10 acres to produce 1 unit of Grains. However, because Jack has been farming for a while now, he is worried about overharvesting COTTON because if he harvests too much Cotton, then the land will become barren. Consequently, there is a quantity restriction on Cotton and only Cotton. The restriction is outlined as follows: FIRST, there is a quantity restriction of 4 Cotton in Gator Plot. This means that Gator Plot is allowed to produce a maximum of 4 units of Cotton. SECOND, there is a quantity restriction of 2 Cotton in Brown Plot. This means that Brown Plot is allowed to produce a maximum of 2 units of Cotton.
With this information, please answer the following parts of this question:
Part A) Draw/Create the joint
Part B) Farmer Jack is a leading farmer in the market, and his goods attract the attention of outside merchants who approach him. The merchants sell and buy Cotton and Grain at prices Pc = 3 and Pg = 1, respectively. Likewise, on the graph drawn/created in Part A, please indicate the value-maximizing point of total production, and explain: what is the value-maximizing point of total production? Basically, how many units of Cotton and Grains are produced? Please explain how you got your answer.
Part C) Jack makes a decision to consume 5 units of Grains and as many units of Cotton as possible. With that said, how many units of Cotton does Jack consume? Please explain your answer. In doing so, please also indicate Jack's point of consumption on the graph drawn in Part A and use the answer found in Part B to draw the CPF (Consumption Possibilities Frontier). Please clearly label the CPF by indicating values for slope and intercepts.
PPF (Production Possibility Frontier): PPF is a graphical representation of the maximum output combinations of two goods or services that an economy can produce given its available resources and technology, assuming full utilization of resources. It illustrates the trade-offs a society faces when allocating resources between different goods and services. Points on the PPF represent efficient production, while points inside the curve indicate the underutilization of resources, and points outside the curve are unattainable with the current resources and technology.
To answer these questions, let's start by creating the joint Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) for Farmer Jack's two plots of land, the calGator Plot and Brown Plot.
Part A: Drawing the Joint PPF
The joint PPF represents the maximum possible combination of Cotton and Grains that Farmer Jack can produce with his available land while staying within the quantity restrictions for Cotton. The PPF will have a kink at the points where the quantity restrictions for Cotton change.
Let's label the axes:
- X-axis: Cotton
- Y-axis: Grains
Now, let's calculate the endpoints and slopes for each segment of the PPF.
For Gator Plot:
- Total land = 80 acres
- To produce 1 unit of Cotton, it takes 10 acres.
- To produce 1 unit of Grains, it takes 20 acres.
The slope of the Gator Plot segment is (-10/20) = -1/2.
The maximum Cotton that can be produced on Gator Plot is 4 units (as per the quantity restriction), and the maximum Grains would be (80 acres / 20 acres) = 4 units.
So, the endpoint for Gator Plot is (4, 4).
For Brown Plot:
- Total land = 100 acres
- To produce 1 unit of Cotton, it takes 20 acres.
- To produce 1 unit of Grains, it takes 10 acres.
The slope of the Brown Plot segment is (-20/10) = -2.
The maximum Cotton that can be produced on Brown Plot is 2 units (as per the quantity restriction), and the maximum Grains would be (100 acres / 10 acres) = 10 units.
So, the endpoint for Brown Plot is (2, 10).
Now, let's draw the joint PPF on a graph:
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4 10 | . Brown Plot (2, 10)
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13 Gator Plot (4, 4)The graph represents the joint PPF with a kink at the point (4, 4) where Gator Plot's quantity restriction for Cotton ends and the point (2, 10) where Brown Plot's quantity restriction for Cotton starts.
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