1. Draw a production possibility curve (PPC) with the number of pounds of rice that can be produced in one hour on the vertical axis and the number of shoe that can be produced in one hour on the horizontal axis using the information in the table below. The following table reveals the production possibilities for the company: Possibility A Rice Shoe 50 45 37 B 1 C 27 3 E 15 4 F

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8. A small bakery makes baguettes and muffins. With the resources available (workers, flour, machines) this bakery can produce either 1500 baguettes or 2000 muffins per day. a. What is the opportunity cost of an extra muffin in terms of baguettes? b. Assume that production is currently 1200 muffins and 600 baguettes. If the bakery wanted to expand its muffin production to 1300 muffins per day, how many baguettes would be baked?

5. 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.