Principles of Economics (Second Edition)
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Last year, a small nation with abundant forests cut down $200 worth of trees. It then turned $100 worth of trees into $150 worth of lumber. It used $100 worth of that lumber to produce $250 worth of bookshelves. Assuming the country produces no other outputs, and there are no other inputs used in producing trees, lumber, and bookshelves, what is this nation's GDP? In other words, what is the value of the final goods the nation produced including trees, lumber and bookshelves?
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clothing per day.
Suppose the country wants to produce 8 million books.
Suppose the price of a book is $10, and the price of a unit of clothing is $20. Using this
information and your answer from the last question, calculate the country's GDP (measured in
dollars per day). Enter your answer as a number in the space below. (For example, if your
answer is $3.75 million, enter it as 3750000 in the space below.)
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