Table 3-2 Assume That England and Holland Can Switch Between Producing Milk

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Table 3-2
Assume that England and Holland can switch between producing milk and oats at a constant rate.
-Refer to Table 3-2. We could use the information in the table to draw a production possibilities frontier for England and a second production possibilities frontier for Holland. If we were to do this, measuring milk along the horizontal axis, then

• A)the slope of England's production possibilities frontier would be -10/4 and the slope of Holland's production possibilities frontier would be -4/3.
• B)the slope of England's production possibilities frontier would be -4/10 and the slope of Holland's production possibilities frontier would be -3/4.
• C)the slope of England's production possibilities frontier would be 10/4 and the slope of Holland's production possibilities frontier would be 4/3.
• D)the slope of England's production possibilities frontier would be 4/10 and the slope of Holland's production possibilities frontier would be 3/4.

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