Suppose that there are 10 million workers in Japan and that each of these workers can produce either 2 cars or 20 bushels of wheat in a year bushels of wheat, and the opportunity cost of producing a bushel of wheat in Japan is The opportunity cost of producing a car in Japan is 20 1/10 cars. 5 Use the blue line (circle symbol) to draw Japan's pr indicate the consumption bundle Japan can achieve Cars (millions) 222 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 50 1/10 100 150 200 250 Wheat (millions of bushels) 10 20 possibilities frontier (PPF) on the following graph. Then use the black point (plus symbol) to trade if it chooses to consume 15 million cars. 300 350 400 PPF + Without Trade With Trade Now suppose that the United States offers to buy 5 million cars from Japan in exchange for 150 million bushels of wheat.

Suppose that there are 10 million workers in Japan and that each of these workers can produce either 2 cars or 20 bushels of wheat in a year bushels of wheat, and the opportunity cost of producing a bushel of wheat in Japan is The opportunity cost of producing a car in Japan is 20 1/10 cars. 5 Use the blue line (circle symbol) to draw Japan's pr indicate the consumption bundle Japan can achieve Cars (millions) 222 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 50 1/10 100 150 200 250 Wheat (millions of bushels) 10 20 possibilities frontier (PPF) on the following graph. Then use the black point (plus symbol) to trade if it chooses to consume 15 million cars. 300 350 400 PPF + Without Trade With Trade Now suppose that the United States offers to buy 5 million cars from Japan in exchange for 150 million bushels of wheat.

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