Now suppose that the countries trade 3 million pounds of shrimp for 1 million pounds of rice. After trade, Thailand has million pounds of shrimp and million pounds of rice. Cambodia has million pounds of shrimp and million pounds of rice. [Hint: use your answers from the question above, where you calculated how much each country would produce. Think about what each country will give/receive based on the trade above, and calculate their new amounts of each good

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After trade calculate each country amount of goods.

Now suppose that the countries trade 3 million pounds of shrimp for 1
million pounds of rice.
After trade, Thailand has
million pounds of shrimp and
million pounds of rice.
Cambodia has
million pounds of shrimp and
million pounds of rice.
[Hint: use your answers from the question above, where you calculated
how much each country would produce. Think about what each country
will give/receive based on the trade above, and calculate their new
amounts of each good.]
Transcribed Image Text:Now suppose that the countries trade 3 million pounds of shrimp for 1 million pounds of rice. After trade, Thailand has million pounds of shrimp and million pounds of rice. Cambodia has million pounds of shrimp and million pounds of rice. [Hint: use your answers from the question above, where you calculated how much each country would produce. Think about what each country will give/receive based on the trade above, and calculate their new amounts of each good.]
Suppose Thailand has 80,000 workers and Cambodia has 50,000 workers.
The countries decide to specialize according to comparative advantage and
each produce only 1 good.
Thailand produces 3.2
million pounds of
rice
Cambodia produces 2.0
million pounds of
shrimp
[Note: convert the totals into millions and use decimals where needed - for
example, 4,200,000 becomes 4.2 million.]
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose Thailand has 80,000 workers and Cambodia has 50,000 workers. The countries decide to specialize according to comparative advantage and each produce only 1 good. Thailand produces 3.2 million pounds of rice Cambodia produces 2.0 million pounds of shrimp [Note: convert the totals into millions and use decimals where needed - for example, 4,200,000 becomes 4.2 million.]
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