Elijah and Aneesha are farmers. Each one owns a 16-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of maize and squash each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing maize or squash or to produce maize on some of the land and squash on the rest. Elijah Aneesha SQUASH (Pounds) On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Elijah's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Aneesha's PPF. 160 144 128 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 0 Maize Squash (Pounds per acre) (Pounds per acre) 6 6 20 5 0 80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800 MAIZE (Pounds) 144 Elijah's PPF Aneesha's PPF has an absolute advantage in the production of maize, and Elijah's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of squash is squash is pounds of maize. Because Elijah has a comparative advantage in the production of squash, and (?) has an absolute advantage in the production of squash. pounds of maize, whereas Aneesha's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of opportunity cost of producing squash than Aneesha, has a has a comparative advantage in the production of maize.

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Elijah and Aneesha are farmers. Each one owns a 16-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of maize and squash each farmer can
produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing maize or squash or to produce maize on some of the
land and squash on the rest.
Elijah
Aneesha
SQUASH (Pounds)
On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Elijah's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond
symbol) to plot Aneesha's PPF.
160
144
128
112
96
80
64
48
32
16
0
Maize
Squash
(Pounds per acre) (Pounds per acre)
6
6
20
5
0
80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800
MAIZE (Pounds)
Elijah's PPF
Elijah's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of squash is
squash is
pounds of maize. Because Elijah has a
comparative advantage in the production of squash, and
Aneesha's PPF
has an absolute advantage in the production of maize, and
?
has an absolute advantage in the production of squash.
pounds of maize, whereas Aneesha's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of
opportunity cost of producing squash than Aneesha,
▼ has a
has a comparative advantage in the production of maize.
Transcribed Image Text:Elijah and Aneesha are farmers. Each one owns a 16-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of maize and squash each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing maize or squash or to produce maize on some of the land and squash on the rest. Elijah Aneesha SQUASH (Pounds) On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Elijah's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Aneesha's PPF. 160 144 128 112 96 80 64 48 32 16 0 Maize Squash (Pounds per acre) (Pounds per acre) 6 6 20 5 0 80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800 MAIZE (Pounds) Elijah's PPF Elijah's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of squash is squash is pounds of maize. Because Elijah has a comparative advantage in the production of squash, and Aneesha's PPF has an absolute advantage in the production of maize, and ? has an absolute advantage in the production of squash. pounds of maize, whereas Aneesha's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of opportunity cost of producing squash than Aneesha, ▼ has a has a comparative advantage in the production of maize.
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