Lorenzo and Neha are farmers. Each one owns a 12-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of alfalfa and barley each farmer canproduce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing alfalfa or barley or to produce alfalfa on some of theland and barley on the rest.AlfalfaBarley(Bushels per acre)(Bushels per acre)Lorenzo408Neha287On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Lorenzo's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamondsymbol) to plot Neha's PPF.120108Lorenzo's PPF96CIO BARLEY (Bushels)9684604836241200Lorenzo's PPFNeha's PPF60 120 180360420 480540 600240 300ALFALFA (Bushels)has an absolute advantage in the production of alfalfa, andLorenzo's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of barley isbarley isbushels of alfalfa. Because Lorenzo has acomparative advantage in the production of barley, andhas an absolute advantage in the production of barley.bushels of alfalfa, whereas Neha's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel ofhas aopportunity cost of producing barley than Neha,has a comparative advantage in the production of alfalfa.O O

Lorenzo and Neha are farmers. Each one owns a 12-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of alfalfa and barley each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing alfalfa or barley or to produce alfalfa on some of the land and barley on the rest. Alfalfa Barley (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Lorenzo 40 8 Neha 28 7 On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Lorenzo's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Neha's PPF.

Lorenzo and Neha are farmers. Each one owns a 12-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of alfalfa and barley each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing alfalfa or barley or to produce alfalfa on some of the land and barley on the rest. Alfalfa Barley (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Lorenzo 40 8 Neha 28 7 On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Lorenzo's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Neha's PPF.

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