Use the Following to Answer Question

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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question:

-(Figure: Production Possibilities and Circular-Flow Diagram) Use Figure: Production Possibilities and Circular-Flow Diagram.Assume the two figures represent the same economy.Suppose that in the circular-flow diagram capital that used to flow to firms producing coconuts now flows to firms producing fish.This adjustment in the economy would be BEST represented in the production possibilities figure by a move from point A toward:

• A)point A (no movement).
• B)point B (a decrease in coconut production and an increase in fish production).
• C)point C (a decrease in coconut production).
• D)point D (an outward shift of the entire curve).

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Definitions:

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