There are 10 workers in Thailand and each can produce either 2 computers or 30 tons of rice. There are 20 workers in the United States and each can produce either 5 computers or 40 tons of rice. Draw the production possibilities frontier for each country. In each case, identify the intercepts and the slopes of the production possibilities frontier.

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There are 10 workers in Thailand and each can produce either 2 computers or 30 tons of rice. There are 20 workers in the United States and each can produce either 5 computers or 40 tons of rice.

  1. Draw the production possibilities frontier for each country. In each case, identify the intercepts and the slopes of the production possibilities frontier. 
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