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- Based on the production possibilities frontier shown below, if this economy decides to shift its resources from only producing books in order to produce 8,000 pairs of sneakers, what is the opportunity cost of producing one pair of sneakers? Books (in thousands) 12 10 8 O 2 pairs of sneakers 2 books 6 0.25 pairs of sneakers O 0.25 books Pairs of Sneakers (in thousands) 10 12arrow_forwardproduct Y 50- 40+ 30+ 20 ਵ ਦ 10+ 0+ 0 Fig. A a b C d 10 20 30 40 50 product X 07. Comparing the production possibilities frontiers in figures A and B, O a) the PPF in figure A indicates increasing opportunity costs of X. O b) the PPF in figure B indicates decreasing opportunity costs of X. O c) resources in the economy depicted in figure A are specialized. O d) the PPF in figure B indicates increasing opportunity costs of X only. e) None of the above product Y 50 우8 & 은 40 a 30+ 20+ Fig. B 10+ b d C. e 0++ 0 10 20 30 40 50 product Xarrow_forwardI think my answer is right. Can you please answe this for me if it's not and explain why? Thank you!arrow_forward
- 6. Which statement is true? I. A negative productivity shock to all goods and services can be represented as a shift inwards of the Production Possibilities Frontier. II. A positive productivity shock to all goods and services can be represented as a shift inwards of the Production Possibilities Frontier. III. The slope of the production possibilities frontier is the opportunity cost of producing an additional unit of a good in terms of the other good. a. only I and III are true b. only I is true c. only II and III are true d. only III is true e. only II is truearrow_forwardCan you answer please?arrow_forwardQUESTION 11 Figure 2-16 Gadgets 120- 110+ 100 90+ 80 + 70 + 60 8 50 2222 40+ 30 20 10 + A O 3. 8 D 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Widgets Refer to Figure 2-16. Suppose this economy is producing at point B. Which of the following statements would bes explain this situation? a. The economy is getting all it can from the scarce resources available. b. The economy's available technology prevents it from producing more of either product. c. The economy does not have enough resources to produce more of either product. d. There is widespread unemployment in the economy.arrow_forward
- 2021 0- Principles of Economics 1| S1 21/22 Time left 0:28:4. Suppose your college institutes a new policy requiring you to pay for a permit to park your car in a campus parking lot. O a. The cost of the parking permit is not part of the opportunity cost of attending college if you would not have to pay for parking otherwise. O b. The cost of the parking permit is part of the opportunity cost of attending college if you would not have to pay for parking otherwise. The cost of the parking permit is not part of the opportunity cost of attending college under any circumstances. O d. Only half of the cost of the parking permit is part of the opportunity cost of attending college. Next pagearrow_forwardFigure 3-5 Hosne's Production Possibilities Frontier 10 9- 8 9 s wallets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 purses and 8 wallets. O 7 purses and 7 wallets. O 10 purses and 6 wallets. 9 10 purses O 14 purses and 14 wallets. Merve's Production Possibilities Frontier 10 9 8- 3+ 6 5- 4+ Refer to Figure 3-5. If Hosne and Merve each divides her time equally between making purses and making wallets, then total production is 1 wallets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pursesarrow_forwardSuppose you are considering whether to spend an additional hour studying for your economics midterm tomorrow. If you do not study you can either surf the web, which you value at $5, or you can talk to your roommate, which you value at $4. Your opportunity cost of studying for an additional hour is: O $4 O $9 O $5 O $1arrow_forward
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