2. Given the following diagram of a production possibilities frontier for a country. Assume that this country produces only two types of goods, capital goods (K) and consumer goods (C). (Graph is not drawn to scale.) CAPITAL GOODS(K) LACO,25) B(409200) c c200, ISa) D (300, l00) ECGO0,0) CONSUMER 6o0AS (C) a. What is the opportunity cost of producing 25 more units of capital goods if this economy is currently producing at point B? b. What is the opportunity cost of producing 25 more units of consumer goods if this economy is currently producing at point B? c. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 more unit of capital goods if this с. economy is currently producing at point C? d. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 more unit of consumer goods if the economy is currently producing at point D? e. Suppose that there is a technological improvement in producing consumer goods that results in twice as many units of consumer goods being produced from the available resources in this economy. Draw the new production possibility frontier for this economy given this change A ssume that there are no chanoes in technology with

2. Given the following diagram of a production possibilities frontier for a country. Assume that this country produces only two types of goods, capital goods (K) and consumer goods (C). (Graph is not drawn to scale.) CAPITAL GOODS(K) LACO,25) B(409200) c c200, ISa) D (300, l00) ECGO0,0) CONSUMER 6o0AS (C) a. What is the opportunity cost of producing 25 more units of capital goods if this economy is currently producing at point B? b. What is the opportunity cost of producing 25 more units of consumer goods if this economy is currently producing at point B? c. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 more unit of capital goods if this с. economy is currently producing at point C? d. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 more unit of consumer goods if the economy is currently producing at point D? e. Suppose that there is a technological improvement in producing consumer goods that results in twice as many units of consumer goods being produced from the available resources in this economy. Draw the new production possibility frontier for this economy given this change A ssume that there are no chanoes in technology with

Essentials of Economics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781337091992

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

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Chapter3: Interdependence And The Gains From Trade

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