Why Is a Production Possibilities Frontier Bowed Out (Concave)

question 98

Multiple Choice

Why is a production possibilities frontier bowed out (concave) ?

• A)The bowed shape reflects increasing opportunity cost.
• B)The bowed shape indicates that opportunity cost at first decreases at a decreasing rate, and then begins to decrease at an increasing rate.
• C)The bowed shape indicates that opportunity cost at first increases at a decreasing rate, and then begins to increase at an increasing rate.
• D)The bowed shape reflects constant opportunity cost.
• E)The bowed shape reflects decreasing opportunity cost.

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