Evidence accumulates that the use of chemical fertilizers, which increases agricultural production greatly, damages water quality.  A) Explain in words how you would draw a production possibility curve to depict this (which “good” should be placed on each axis) and why your curve would have a particular shape.  B) Discuss THREE possible impacts of an improved fertilizer on the production possibility frontier from part a.

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Evidence accumulates that the use of chemical fertilizers, which increases agricultural production greatly, damages water quality. 

A) Explain in words how you would draw a production possibility curve to depict this (which “good” should be placed on each axis) and why your curve would have a particular shape. 

B) Discuss THREE possible impacts of an improved fertilizer on the production possibility frontier from part a.

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