Given the above set of production possibilities and consumption (trade) possibilities frontiers, what happens to the prices of wine and cloth in each country as a result of trade?     a) The price of wine in Portugal decreases from ⅓ yard/bottle to ½ yard/bottle.     b) The price of cloth in Portugal increases from 3 bottles/yard to 2 bottles/yard.     c) The price of wine in England decreases from 1 yard/bottle to ½ yard/bottle.     d) The price of cloth in England increases from 1 bottle/yard to 3 bottles/yard.     e) All of the above

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10. Given the above set of production possibilities and consumption (trade) possibilities frontiers, what happens to the prices of wine and cloth in each country as a result of trade?

   

a) The price of wine in Portugal decreases from ⅓ yard/bottle to ½ yard/bottle.

   

b) The price of cloth in Portugal increases from 3 bottles/yard to 2 bottles/yard.

   

c) The price of wine in England decreases from 1 yard/bottle to ½ yard/bottle.

   

d) The price of cloth in England increases from 1 bottle/yard to 3 bottles/yard.

   

e) All of the above

Portugal
England
90
90
80
80
70
70
60
60
CPF
50
50 +
40
40
30
30
CPF
PPF
20
PPF
20
10 -
10
O 10 20 30 40 50 60
O 10 20 30 40 50 60
cloth
cloth
wine
Transcribed Image Text:Portugal England 90 90 80 80 70 70 60 60 CPF 50 50 + 40 40 30 30 CPF PPF 20 PPF 20 10 - 10 O 10 20 30 40 50 60 O 10 20 30 40 50 60 cloth cloth wine
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