Given the Production Possibility Tables for the First and Second

question 80

Multiple Choice

Given the production possibility tables for the First and Second Bakeries shown, we know that the opportunity cost of producing cookies:

• A) is higher at First Bakery.
• B) is higher at Second Bakery.
• C) is the same at both bakeries.
• D) cannot be computed without further information.

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