Exam 2: The Economic Problem

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Production point Pizza produced CDs produced A 0 and 42 B 4 and 40 C 8 and 36 D 12 and 30 E 16 and 22 F 20 and 12 G 24 and 0 -The table above lists seven points on the production possibilities frontier for pizza and CDs.Graph the PPF.What is the opportunity cost of producing the first four pizzas? What is the opportunity cost of producing the 10th pizza.What is the opportunity cost of producing the first 12 CDs? What is the opportunity cost of producing the 26th CD?

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  -Point C on the production possibilities frontier in the above diagram illustrates -Point C on the production possibilities frontier in the above diagram illustrates

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  -In the figure above,suppose that Mac and Izzie trade and reach point c.Then -In the figure above,suppose that Mac and Izzie trade and reach point c.Then

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If Sam is producing at a point on his production possibilities frontier,then he

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The state of Georgia offers free college tuition to high school students with a "B" average.In 2007,the state raised the requirement so that fewer students qualified for the scholarship. At the same time,Georgia increased state spending on health care.Suppose that college education is on the vertical axis and health care is on the horizontal axis of a PPF. Georgia's change in spending would be shown as

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Country A Country B Good X (units of X ) Good Y (units of Y ) Good X (units of X ) Good Y (units of Y ) 0 16 0 12 2 12 2 9 4 8 4 6 6 4 6 3 8 0 8 0 -In the table above,country B is producing 4 units of X and 6 units of Y.For country B,the opportunity cost of producing an additional unit of Y is

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  -The figure above represents the production possibilities frontier for a country. a) The nation is currently producing at point B and wants to move to point C.What is the opportunity cost of the move? b) The nation is currently producing at point B and wants to move to point A.What is the opportunity cost of the move? -The figure above represents the production possibilities frontier for a country. a) The nation is currently producing at point B and wants to move to point C.What is the opportunity cost of the move? b) The nation is currently producing at point B and wants to move to point A.What is the opportunity cost of the move?

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The marginal benefit from a good is the amount a person is willing to pay for

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Scarcity is represented on a production possibilities frontier figure by

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Point Production of X Production of Y a 0 40 b 4 36 c 8 28 d 12 16 e 16 0 -Refer to the table above,which gives five points on a nation's PPF.As we increase the production of X,

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  -Employees at Bank of America are good at providing banking services and workers at Ben & Jerry's are good at making ice cream. The figure above shows the marginal cost and marginal benefit curves for ice cream. Point b represents ________ of banking services and ice cream. -Employees at Bank of America are good at providing banking services and workers at Ben & Jerry's are good at making ice cream. The figure above shows the marginal cost and marginal benefit curves for ice cream. Point b represents ________ of banking services and ice cream.

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Don's production possibilities Bob's production possibilities Pens 10 5 Pencils 20 15 -The above table shows the number of pencils or pens that could be produced by Don and Bob in an hour.This schedule shows that

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Abe can catch 15 pounds of fish an hour or pick 30 pounds of fruit an hour.He works an 8-hour day,spending 5 hours picking fruit and 3 hours catching fish.Calculate Abe's opportunity cost of a pound of fruit.

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Combination Wine (thousands of bottles per year) Bread (thousands of loaves per year) A 0 21 B 2 20 C 4 18 D 6 15 E 8 11 F 10 6 G 12 0 Wine (thousands of bottles per year) Willingness to pay (loaves of bread per bottle of wine) 1 2.5 3 2.0 5 1.5 7 1.0 9 0.5 -The Hobbits of the Shire are trying to decide how much bread and how much wine to produce.They ask you to be their economic consultant and give you the information in the first table above about different combinations of wine and bread that they can produce if they are fully employed and doing their best.The Hobbits also give you the information in the second table above about their willingness to pay for wine depending on how much wine they already have.To help the Hobbits solve their problem: a) Draw the Shire's production possibilities frontier.Put wine on the horizontal axis. b) What is the opportunity cost of the first two thousand bottles of wine? What is the marginal cost of the 3000th bottle of wine? What is the marginal cost of the 3,000th loaf of bread? c) Draw the marginal cost of wine curve.What happens to the marginal cost if production of wine increases? Why? d) Draw the marginal benefit from wine curve on the same figure on which you put the marginal cost curve.Describe the relationship between the quantity of wine produced and the marginal benefit from wine. e) What combination of bread and wine will you recommend the Hobbits to produce? Why? Explain to the Hobbits why they would be worse off by producing a different combination of bread and wine.

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The production possibilities frontier bows outward because

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A system of property rights

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The principle of decreasing marginal benefit means that as the quantity of a good consumed

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  -In the figure above,point A is undesirable because -In the figure above,point A is undesirable because

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Property rights facilitate the development of trade.

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Tom and Di grow tomatoes and turnips.Tom has a comparative advantage in growing tomatoes if ________.

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