Raphael and Susan are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of corn and rye each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing corn or rye or to produce corn on some of the land and rye on the rest. Corn Rye (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Raphael 18 Susan 40 8

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(Rachel or Susan) has an absolute advantage in the production of corn, and (Rachel or Susan) has an absolute advantage in the production of rye.
 
Raphael's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of rye is (BLANK) bushels of corn, whereas Susan's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of rye is (BLANK) bushels of corn. Because Raphael has a (higher or lower) opportunity cost of producing rye than Susan, (Rachel or Susan) has a comparative advantage in the production of rye, and (Rachel or Susan) has a comparative advantage in the production of corn.
On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Raphael's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond
symbol) to plot Susan's PPF.
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Raphael's PPF
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Susan's PPF
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CORN (Bushels)
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Transcribed Image Text:On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Raphael's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Susan's PPF. (? 200 180 Raphael's PPF 160 140 120 Susan's PPF 100 80 60 40 20 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 CORN (Bushels) RYE (Bushels)
Raphael and Susan are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of corn and rye each farmer can produce
per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing corn or rye or to produce corn on some of the land and rye on
the rest.
Corn
Rye
(Bushels per acre)
(Bushels per acre)
Raphael
18
Susan
40
8
Transcribed Image Text:Raphael and Susan are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of corn and rye each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing corn or rye or to produce corn on some of the land and rye on the rest. Corn Rye (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Raphael 18 Susan 40 8
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