Production possibilities. If the supply of capital falls by10 percent and the supply of labor increases by 10 percent, how will the PPF for wheat and cloth change?

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Production possibilities. If the supply of capital falls by10 percent and the supply of labor increases by 10 percent, how will the PPF for wheat and cloth change? 

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If it is supposed that capital in form of land is used to produce wheat and labor is used to produce cloth.

When the supply of capital decreases by 10%, the supply of wheat would also be decreased by 10%. When the supply of labor increases by 10%, the supply of cloth is increased by 10%.

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