In this assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to draw a simple production possibilities curve given data on the quantity of one input (labor) available and the amount of labor required to produce each of two outputs (guns and butter). You should also be able to identify the opportunity cost of one good in terms of the other as the slope of the PPC. You will explain your analysis of the figures to explain why it’s not possible to produce combinations of the two goods outside the PPC. Suppose a nation has a total of 12 units of labor, which can be used to produce either guns or butter. One gun takes 6 units of labor to produce and 1 butter takes 2 units of labor to produce. 1. Explain why scarcity exists in this economy. Use the data as evidence of your reasoning. 2. What is the maximum quantity of guns that can be produced? 3. What is the maximum quantity of butter than can be produced? 4. Draw the nation’s production possibility curve.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to draw a simple production possibilities curve given data on the quantity of one input (labor) available and the amount of labor required to produce each of two outputs (guns and butter). You should also be able to identify the
1. Explain why scarcity exists in this economy. Use the data as evidence of your reasoning.
2. What is the maximum quantity of guns that can be produced? 3. What is the maximum quantity of butter than can be produced? 4. Draw the nation’s
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