A Production Possibilities Table for Two Products, Corn and Paper

question 18

Essay

A production possibilities table for two products, corn and paper, is found below.Usual assumptions regarding production possibilities are implied.Corn is measured in tons, and paper is measured per unit. (a) Using the following graph construct a production possibilities curve from this information placing corn on the vertical axis and paper on the horizontal axis. (b) What is the marginal opportunity cost of producing the first unit of paper? The marginal opportunity cost of producing the fourth unit of paper?

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