Exhibit 2-10 Production Possibilities Curve Data -Suppose an Economy Is Faced with the Production Possibilities Table

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Multiple Choice

Exhibit 2-10 Production possibilities curve data $$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | r | r | } \hline & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } & \text { E } \\\hline \text { Capital goods } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\text { Consumption goods } & 25 & 23 & 19 & 13 & 0 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Suppose an economy is faced with the production possibilities table shown in Exhibit 2-10. As additional units of capital goods are produced, the opportunity cost in terms of sacrificed units of consumption goods ____ because of ____.

• A) decreases; greater efficiency in production
• B) increases; decreasing opportunity cost
• C) increases; the law of increasing costs
• D) increases; greater efficiency in production
• E) decreases; the law of increasing costs

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