In the Two-Commodity Context, You Are Given the Following Information

question 29

Multiple Choice

In the two-commodity context, you are given the following information pertaining to country I in the year 2009 and the year 2014:
Production of good X in 2009 = 200 units
Production of good X in 2014 = 198 units
Consumption of good X in 2009 = 160 units
Consumption of good X in 2014 = 176 units
Production of good Y in 2009 = 100 units
Production of good Y in 2014 = 120 units
Consumption of good Y in 2009 = 120 units
Consumption of good Y in 2014 = 131 units
Given this information, this country, in 2009, is __________ and, in 2009, the country is __________.

• A) exporting good Y and importing good X; exporting 20 units of good Y and
• Importing 40 units of good X
• B) exporting good Y and importing good X; exporting 11 units of good Y and
• Importing 16 units of good X
• C) exporting good X and importing good Y; exporting 40 units of good X and
• Importing 20 units of good Y
• D) exporting good X and importing good Y; exporting 16 units of good X and
• Importing 11 units of good Y

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Definitions:

Cancer

A group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body, characterized by uncontrolled division of cells.

Benign Tumors

Non-cancerous growths that do not invade nearby tissues or spread to other parts of the body.

Metastasize

The process by which cancer cells spread from the place where they first formed to another part of the body.

Cancer Deaths

Fatalities resulting from cancer, a disease characterized by the uncontrolled division of abnormal cells.