Foundations of Economics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Economics with eText -- Access Card Package (8th Edition)
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Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
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5. Tony and Patty produce skis and snowboards. The tables show their production possibilities.
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d. Draw Tony’s and Patty’s PPF (on separate graphs).
e. With specialization who will produce Skiis? Snowboards?
f. If they trade 10 snowboards for 10 skiis what are the gains from trade?
3. Opportunity Cost
Rina and Yvette are roommates. They spend most of their time studying (of course), but they leave some time for their favorite activities: making pizza and brewing root beer. Rina takes 4 hours to brew a gallon of root beer and 2 hours to make a pizza. Yvette takes 6 hours to brew a gallon of root beer and 4 hours to make a pizza.
Rina's opportunity cost of brewing a gallon of root beer is , and Yvette's opportunity cost of brewing a gallon of root beer is .
has an absolute advantage in brewing root beer, and has a comparative advantage in brewing root beer.
If Rina and Yvette trade foods with each other, will trade away pizza in exchange for root beer.
The price of pizza can be expressed in terms of gallons of root beer. The highest price at which pizza can be traded that would make both roommates better off is of root beer, and the lowest price that makes both roommates better off is of root beer per pizza.
3. Opportunity Cost
Poornima and Valerie are roommates. They spend most of their time studying (of course), but they leave some time for their favorite activities: making pizza and brewing root beer. Poornima takes 5 hours to brew a gallon of root beer and 3 hours to make a pizza. Valerie takes 8 hours to brew a gallon of root beer and 4 hours to make a pizza.
Poornima's opportunity cost of making a pizza is of root beer, and Valerie's opportunity cost of making a pizza is of root beer.
has an absolute advantage in making pizza, and has a comparative advantage in making pizza.
If Poornima and Valerie trade foods with each other, will trade away pizza in exchange for root beer.
The price of pizza can be expressed in terms of gallons of root beer. The highest price at which pizza can be traded that would make both roommates better off is of root beer, and the lowest price that makes both roommates better off is of root beer per pizza.
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