Suppose Robinson and Crusoe are stranded on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean and discover a large amount of currency from a previous shipwreck. Friday catches 20 fish and sells them to Robinson Crusoe for  $40 apiece. Robinson Crusoe uses the fish he purchased from Friday to make 40 gallons of fish oil, which he sells to Friday for $20 per gallon. If the transactions above are the only ones that take place in 2002, what is the GDP of the island in 2002?       $0       $800       $1600       $2400

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127.) Suppose Robinson and Crusoe are stranded on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean and discover a large amount of currency from a previous shipwreck. Friday catches 20 fish and sells them to Robinson Crusoe for  $40 apiece. Robinson Crusoe uses the fish he purchased from Friday to make 40 gallons of fish oil, which he sells to Friday for $20 per gallon. If the transactions above are the only ones that take place in 2002, what is the GDP of the island in 2002?

 

   

$0

 

   

$800

 

   

$1600

 

   

$2400

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