The table below describes the production possibilities frontier (PPF) confronting an economy. Using the information given to produce a fifth unit of homeless shelters the opportunity cost would be? Potential Output Combinations Homeless Shelters Hospitals A 25 0 B 21 1 C 16 2 D 9 3 E 0 4

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The table below describes the production possibilities frontier (PPF) confronting an economy. Using the information given to produce a fifth unit of homeless shelters the opportunity cost would be?

Potential

Output Combinations

Homeless

Shelters

Hospitals

A

25

0

B

21

1

C

16

2

D

9

3

E

0

4

 

 

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