Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob spend their time carving fishing lures and duck decoys. The table below shows their production possibilities schedules, which describe various combinations of fishing lures and duck decoys they each can carve efficiently in a week. Production Possibilities Schedules Mountain Mack Big Lake Bob Fishing Lures Duck Decoys Fishing Lures Duck Decoys e e 4 8 12 16 20 50 40 10 20 10 8 16 24 32 40 140 115 90 65 40 e a. If Mountain Mack splits his week evenly between carving fishing lures and duck decoys, what is the maximum number of fishing lures and duck decoys could he carve? 50 fishing lures and 40 duck decoys O 140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys O 25 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys O 20 fishing lures and 25 duck decoys b. If Big Lake Bob splits his week evenly between carving fishing lures and duck decoys, what is the maximum number of fishing lures and duck decoys could he carve? 070 fishing lures and 10 duck decoys O 10 fishing lures and 70 duck decoys O 20 fishing lures and 140 duck decoys O 140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys c. Combined, how many fishing lures and duck decoys could Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob carve if each one split his week between the two products? 20 fishing lures and 140 duck decoys O 30 fishing lures and 95 duck decoys 140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys O 95 fishing lures and 30 duck decoys d. Who has the comparative advantage in carving fishing lures? In carving duck decoys? Fishing lures: (Click to select) Duck decoys: (Click to select) e. If both Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob choose to specialize in the product in which he has a comparative advantage, how many of each product could they produce together? O 140 fishing lures and 40 duck decoys O 50 fishing lures and 70 duck decoys O 70 fishing lures and 50 duck decoys 5
Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob spend their time carving fishing lures and duck decoys. The table below shows their production possibilities schedules, which describe various combinations of fishing lures and duck decoys they each can carve efficiently in a week. Production Possibilities Schedules Mountain Mack Big Lake Bob Fishing Lures Duck Decoys Fishing Lures Duck Decoys e e 4 8 12 16 20 50 40 10 20 10 8 16 24 32 40 140 115 90 65 40 e a. If Mountain Mack splits his week evenly between carving fishing lures and duck decoys, what is the maximum number of fishing lures and duck decoys could he carve? 50 fishing lures and 40 duck decoys O 140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys O 25 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys O 20 fishing lures and 25 duck decoys b. If Big Lake Bob splits his week evenly between carving fishing lures and duck decoys, what is the maximum number of fishing lures and duck decoys could he carve? 070 fishing lures and 10 duck decoys O 10 fishing lures and 70 duck decoys O 20 fishing lures and 140 duck decoys O 140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys c. Combined, how many fishing lures and duck decoys could Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob carve if each one split his week between the two products? 20 fishing lures and 140 duck decoys O 30 fishing lures and 95 duck decoys 140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys O 95 fishing lures and 30 duck decoys d. Who has the comparative advantage in carving fishing lures? In carving duck decoys? Fishing lures: (Click to select) Duck decoys: (Click to select) e. If both Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob choose to specialize in the product in which he has a comparative advantage, how many of each product could they produce together? O 140 fishing lures and 40 duck decoys O 50 fishing lures and 70 duck decoys O 70 fishing lures and 50 duck decoys 5
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Transcribed Image Text:Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob spend their time carving fishing lures and duck decoys. The table below shows their production
possibilities schedules, which describe various combinations of fishing lures and duck decoys they each can carve efficiently in a
week.
Production Possibilities Schedules
Mountain Mack
Big Lake Bob
Fishing Lures Duck Decoys Fishing Lures Duck Decoys
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9
8
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16
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40
30
20
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24
32
40
140
115
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50 fishing lures and 40 duck decoys
140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys
a. If Mountain Mack splits his week evenly between carving fishing lures and duck decoys, what is the maximum number of fishing
lures and duck decoys could he corve?
25 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys
20 fishing lures and 25 duck decoys
12
16
20
70 fishing lures and 10 duck decoys
10 fishing lures and 70 duck decoys
20 fishing lures and 140 duck decoys
140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys
b. If Big Lake Bob splits his week evenly between carving fishing lures and duck decoys, what is the maximum number of fishing lures
and duck decoys could he carve?
C. Combined, how many fishing lures and duck decoys could Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob carve if each one split his week
between the two products?
020 fishing lures and 140 duck decoys
0 30 fishing lures and 95 duck decoys
Ⓒ140 fishing lures and 20 duck decoys
O 95 fishing lures and 30 duck decoys
d. Who has the comparative advantage in carving fishing lures? In carving duck decoys?
Fishing lures: (Click to select)
Duck decoys: (Click to select) V
e. If both Mountain Mack and Big Lake Bob choose to specialize in the product in which he has a comparative advantage, how many of
each product could they produce together?
O 140 fishing lures and 40 duck decoys
50 fishing lures and 70 duck decoys
O 70 fishing lures and 50 duck decoys
O 40 fishing lures and 140 duck decoys
E
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