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Chapter 2, Problem 5P
To determine
(a)
Plot the
Concept Introduction:
Production productivity frontier: It is a curve which shows the maximum possible output of two goods with the given set of efficiently used inputs.
To determine
(b)
The cost of producing an additional car when
Concept Introduction:
Production productivity frontier: It is a curve which shows the maximum possible output of two goods with the given set of efficiently used inputs.
To determine
(c)
The cost of producing an additional car when
Concept Introduction:
Production productivity frontier: It is a curve which shows the maximum possible output of two goods with the given set of efficiently used inputs.
To determine
(d)
The cost of producing an additional washing machine when
Concept Introduction:
Production productivity frontier: It is a curve which shows the maximum possible output of two goods with the given set of efficiently used inputs.
To determine
(e)
What is derived about the concept of
Concept Introduction:
Production productivity frontier: It is a curve which shows the maximum possible output of two goods with the given set of efficiently used inputs.
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(Shape of the PPF) Suppose a production possibilitiesfrontier includes the following combinations:Cars Washing Machines0 1,000100 600200 0a. Graph the PPF, assuming that it has no curvedsegments.b. What is the cost of producing an additional car when50 cars are being produced?
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- Exercise 2 Suppose that each worker in the Foreign country can produce two cars or three TVs. Assume that Foreign also has four workers. a. Graph the production possibilities frontier for the Foreign country.arrow_forwardQuestion:arrow_forwardDirection: Plot the Production Possibilities Frontier of the below-data with good X on the horizontal axis and good Y on the vertical axis. GOOD PRODUCTION ALTERNATIVES A B C D E X 0 15 18 21 24 Y 45 42 37 27 0 Question: Explain the different points on the curve. What does each point represent? Why is it important for an economy to be on its production possibilities frontier?arrow_forward
- Firm A Firm B 18- 14- 16 14- 12 10- 12 8 10- B. 8- 6- 4- 2- 2- 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 10 Corn Corn Part A What is the opportunity cost of one unit of barley for Firm A?O What is the opportunity cost of one unit of barley for Firm B? Give your answers as fractions. Part B What is the opportunity cost of one unit of corn for Firm A? What is the opportunity cost of one unit of corn for Firm B? Give your answers as fractions. Part C In which good does Firm A have a comparative advantage? In which good does Firm B have a comparative advantage? Part D In what good or goods does Firm A have an absolute advantage? In what good or goods does Firm B have an absolute advantage? Part E Suppose Firm A and Firm B divide their time equally between the production of both goods. What will be the total production of corn? units Now suppose both firms completely specialize in the product in which they have a comparative advantage and trade with one another.arrow_forwardTyped answer.arrow_forward5. China is able to produce turnips and potatoes in combinations represented by the following table. (Each number represents 1,000s of bushes.) Potatoes Production Turnips point a. B C D E b. C. points. 100 and 0 90 and 10 and 20 and 30 and 40 70 40 0 Plot the data on a production possibilities graph, labeling Can China produce a combination of 30 turnips and 24 potatoes? Draw this production point on the graph (label it F) and verbally explain. Demonstrate that China experiences increasing opportunity costs by calculating the opportunity cost of producing another potato at each production point. Explain.arrow_forward
- 1. Specialization and production possibilities Suppose Canada produces only cars and trucks. The resources that are used in the production of these two goods are not specialized–that is, the same set of resources is equally useful in producing both trucks and cars. The shape of Canada's production possibilities frontier (PPF) should reflect the fact that as Canada produces more trucks and fewer cars, the opportunity cost of producing each additional truck The following graphs show two possible PPFS for Canada's economy: a straight-line PPF (PPF, ) and a bowed-out PPF (PPF2). (? Graph 1 Graph 2 PPF, PPF 1 CARS CARSarrow_forwardand Applications Q3 Caroline and Frances are roommates. They spend most of their time studying (of course), but they leave some time for their favorite activities: making pizza and brewing root beer, Caroline takes 3 hours to brew a gallon of root beer and 2 hours to make a pizza. Frances takes 7 hours to brew a gallon of root beer and 5 hours to make a pizza. Caroline's opportunity cost of making a pizza is of root beer. has an absolute advantage in making pizza, and If Caroline and Frances trade foods with each other, of root beer, and Frances's opportunity cost of making a pizza has a comparative advantage in making pizza. will trade pizza in exchange for root beer. The price of pizza can be expressed in terms of gallons of root beer. The highest price at which pizza can be traded that would make both roommates of root beer per pizza. better off is of root beer, and the lowest price that makes both roommates better off isarrow_forwardecoarrow_forward
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