a. Suppose Big Country can produce 80 units of X by using all its resources to produce X or 60 units of Y by devoting all its resources to Y. Comparable figures for Small Nation are 60 units of X and 60 units of Y. Assuming constant costs. Big Country needs to give up 034 of a unit of Y for 1 unit of X and should produce good Y. Small Nation needs to glve up 1 unit of X for 1 unit of Y and should produce good X 01unit of Y for 1 unit of X and should produce good X. Small Nation needs to give up 3/4 of a unit of X for 1 unit of Y and should produce good Y. 01unit of Y for 1 unit of X and should produce good Y. Small Nation needs to give up 3:4 of a unit of X for 1 unit of Y and should produce good X. 34 of a unit of Y for 1 unit of X and should produce good X Small Nation needs to give up 1 unit of X for 1 unit of Y and should produce good Y. b. Suppose Big Country can produce 80 units of X by using all its resources to produce X or 60 units of Y by devoting all its resources to Y. Comparable figures for Small Nation are 60 units of X and 60 units of Y. The limits of the terms of trade between these two countries will be 4.3 units of Y and 3:4 of a unit of X. 034 of a unit of Y and 43 units of X. O1 unit of Y and 1 unit of X. O between 1 unit of good X for a unit of good Y and 43 units of good X for a unit of good Y.

Consider an economy with just one technique available for the production of each good. Good Labor per unit output Land per unit output Food 1 2 Cloth a. Suppose land is unlimited but labor equals 100. Write and sketch the production possibility frontier. b. Suppose labor is unlimited but land equals 150. Write and sketch the production possibility frontier. c. Suppose labor equals 100 and land equals 150. Write and sketch the production possibility frontier. Hint: What are the intercepts of the production possibility frontier? When is land fully employed? Labor? Both d. Explain why the production possibility frontier of part (c) is concave. e. Sketch the relative price of food as a function of its out put in part (c). f. If consumers insist on trading 4 units of food for 5 units of cloth, what is the relative price of food? Why? g. Explain why production is exactly the same at a price ratio of pr/pc = 1.1 as at pr/pc = 1.9. h. Suppose that capital is also required for producing food…

QUESTION 12 wine 88185432 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 PPF Portugal CPF 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 cloth wine 8818588 90 80 70- 60 +09 40 30- 20 England PPF CPF 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 cloth 12. If Portugal has a total of 90 man-hours of resources available for production, while England has only 30, what are the resource costs of wine and cloth? a) wine costs 1/2 man-hours/bottle and cloth costs 1/2 man-hours/yard in England. b) wine costs 1 man-hour/bottle and cloth costs 1 man-hour/yard in England. c) cloth costs 1 man-hours/yard and wine costs 1 man-hours/bottle in Portugal. d) wine costs 1/2 yards/bottle and cloth costs 2 bottles/yard in Portugal.

The following hypothetical production possibilities tables are for China and the United States. Assume that before specialization and trade the optimal product mix for China is alternative D and for the United States is alternative S. Product Apparel Chemicals (tons) Product Apparel Chemicals (tons) (Click to select) ✓ China Production Possibilities A 10,000 0 units B 8,000 4 6,000 8 U.S. Production Possibilities R S 30,000 24,000 0 6 T 18,000 12 ton(s) D 4,000 12 U 12,0000 18 E 2,000 16 V 6,000 24 Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers. a. Are comparative-cost conditions such that the two countries should specialize? F 0 20 W 0 30 If so, what product should each produce? China should produce (Click to select) The United States should produce (Click to select) ✓ b. What is the total gain in apparel and chemical output that would result from such specialization? Apparel: Chemicals:

13.3 Consider an economy with just one technique available for the production of each good. Cloth Good Labor per unit output Land per unit output a. Suppose land is unlimited but labor equals 100. Write and sketch the production possibility frontier. Food 1 2

42000 25 10 Max's PPF Good x EVERERA NO 30 21 Milly's PPF 1. What is the opportunity cost of producing one unit of Good Y for Max in terms of Good X? You must enter a number. Fractions will not be accepted. Enter a decimal if necessary. 2 x 4 2. What is the opportunity cost of producing one unit of Good X for Max in terms of Good Y? You must enter a number. Fractions will not be accepted. Enter a decimal if necessary. 5 x

1. Production Possibilities Country X is faced with the following output combinations for capital goods and consumer goods. Capital Goods Option ABCDE 8000 16000 24000 32000 Consumer Goods 220000 200000 160000 100000 Complete parts a, b, c, and d. a. Graph the production possibilities curve for Country X with capital goods on the x-axis and consumer goods on the y-axis. b. Does the Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs hold for this example? Explain why or why not. c. As you move from point B to point C, what is the cost of one more consumer good? d. If Country X wanted to experience higher levels of economic growth over the next few years, would they be better off choosing option B (a combination of 8000 capital goods and 200,000 consumer goods) or option D (a combination of 24000 capital goods and 100,000 consumer goods)? Explain.

Refer to the production possibility frontiers for two friends Frodo and Sam who can both produce Ice creams and Jelly beans. Frodo's maximum production of Ice creams is 500 with no Jelly beans, or 2,000 Jelly beans with no Ice creams. Sam's maximum production of Ice creams is 600 with no Jelly beans, or 1,200 Jelly beans with no Ice creams. ICE CREAMS ICE CREAMS 600 500 1200 JELLY BEANS 2000 JELLY BEANS Frodo' PPF Sam's PPF Answer briefly these TWO questions in the box space provided below. Part A: Assuming efficient production without trade, derive the maximum amount of Jelly beans that can be produced by Sam along with 300 Ice creams. Describe your steps in detail. Part B: Assume that Frodo and Sam agree to specialize in production and trade between themselves. Frodo offers 1,000 Jelly beans to Sam in exchange for 300 lce creams. Would Sam agree to this trade?