ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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Background information: A worker in the United States and a worker in China can each produce 1,000 pairs of jeans per week. A worker in the United States can produce 50 cell phones in a week, and a worker in China can produce 100 cell phones in a week. Answer the following questions based on this information.

Part A: If each country attempted to produce both jeans and cell phones, how many jeans and cell phones could each country produce? What would be the total number of jeans and cell phones produced by the two countries combined? 

Part B: Calculate the opportunity cost of producing jeans for each country.

Part C: Calculate the opportunity cost of producing cell phones for each country.

Part D: Determine how many jeans should be produced by each nation.

Part E: If each nation should specialize in producing jeans and cell phones, explain why; use economic terminology you have learned in this unit in your explanation.

Part F: Finally, how many total jeans and cell phones will be produced by the two nations combined after specialization?

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A) If both countries produce both the goods, then they would produce half of total units of each good. 

USA would produce 500 jeans and 25 cell phones in a week.

China on the other hand would produce 500 Jeans and 50 cell phones a week

 

 

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