Assume an economy producing only two goods (shoes and computers) with a fixed amount of productive resources and technology and employing all its productive resources to the maximum. The maximum output combinations of both goods are given in the table below: Combination Shoes Computers Shoes Computers A 0 1000 B 100 900 C 200 750 D 300 550 E 400 300 F 500 0 iv. How many computers could society produce if it was willing to do without shoes? v. Why are points outside the frontier unattainable? vi. Identify three ways by which the economy can attain the level of production outside the PPF. vii. What happens to the PPF when technological change overwhelmingly favours the production of computers? viii. What happens to the PPF when the economy discovers an improved technology for producing shoes
Assume an economy producing only two goods (shoes and computers) with a fixed amount of productive resources and technology and employing all its productive resources to the maximum. The maximum output combinations of both goods are given in the table below: Combination Shoes Computers
Shoes Computers
A 0 1000
B 100 900
C 200 750
D 300 550
E 400 300
F 500 0
iv. How many computers could society produce if it was willing to do without shoes?
v. Why are points outside the frontier unattainable?
vi. Identify three ways by which the economy can attain the level of production outside the
vii. What happens to the PPF when technological change overwhelmingly favours the production of computers?
viii. What happens to the PPF when the economy discovers an improved technology for producing shoes?
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