If the Opportunity Costs of Producing a Good Increase as More

question 216

Multiple Choice

If the opportunity costs of producing a good increase as more of that good is produced, the economy's production possibility frontier will be

• A) negatively sloped and "bowed inward" toward the origin.
• B) negatively sloped and "bowed outward" from the origin.
• C) a negatively sloped straight line.
• D) a positively sloped straight line.

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