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Author: Roger A. Arnold
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Assume you have a production possibilities frontier (PPF) bowed out from the origin with healthcare on the Y axis and education on the X axis.
What does the PPF represent?
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Use the PPF to answer the following questions:
(a) At point F, how many sweaters are being produced? How many hard drives?
(b) Label points A-H as either efficient, inefficient, or unattainable.
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In Kessy’s old kitchen, he could bake 10 cookies or mix 15 glasses of lemonade in a day. Now he has a bigger oven and kitchen.
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