Both Geppetto and Lewis are toy store owners. They decide that they would like to trade puzzles and puppets in order to better stock their toy store shelves. The table below compares their production possibilities schedules. Production Possibilities Schedules Geppetto Puzzles 108 88 60 40 28 e Lewis: Puppets 0 4 8 12 16 20 Geppetto: Puzzles 58 48 30 20 18 0 puzzles and Lewis Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. $ a. Geppetto and Lewis agree to trade at a rate of 3 puzzles for each puppet. With those terms of trade, who is most likely to be the supplier of puzzles? Who is most likely to be the supplier of puppets? Puzzles:(Click to select) Puppets: (Click to select) V b. The two toy store owners agree to specialize and to trade 30 puzzles for 10 puppets. The terms of trade are still 3 puzzles for each puppet. How many puzzles and puppets will each one have after they complete their trade? puzzles and Puppets e A 5 CA 10 15 20 25 puppets puppets

Both Geppetto and Lewis are toy store owners. They decide that they would like to trade puzzles and puppets in order to better stock their toy store shelves. The table below compares their production possibilities schedules. Production Possibilities Schedules Geppetto Puzzles 108 88 60 40 28 e Lewis: Puppets 0 4 8 12 16 20 Geppetto: Puzzles 58 48 30 20 18 0 puzzles and Lewis Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. $ a. Geppetto and Lewis agree to trade at a rate of 3 puzzles for each puppet. With those terms of trade, who is most likely to be the supplier of puzzles? Who is most likely to be the supplier of puppets? Puzzles:(Click to select) Puppets: (Click to select) V b. The two toy store owners agree to specialize and to trade 30 puzzles for 10 puppets. The terms of trade are still 3 puzzles for each puppet. How many puzzles and puppets will each one have after they complete their trade? puzzles and Puppets e A 5 CA 10 15 20 25 puppets puppets

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Chapter1: What Is Economics

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