The Table Below Is a Production Possibility Table for the Fictional

question 20

Essay

The table below is a production possibility table for the fictional country of Myopia.Use it to construct the corresponding production possibility curve in the quadrant below.(Label the axes.) (a) Explain the meaning of a production possibilities curve.
(b) What is assumed to be constant when we draw that curve?
(c) How is a point on the curve different from (1) a point inside the curve or (2) a point outside the curve?
(d) How does this curve illustrate the concept of opportunity cost?
(e) How does it illustrate the principle of increasing marginal opportunity cost?

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