The Production Possibilities Curve Shows

question 286

Multiple Choice

The production possibilities curve shows

• A) the various combinations of two goods that can be produced when society employs all of its scarce resources.
• B) the minimum outputs of two goods that will sustain a society.
• C) the various combinations of two goods that can be produced when some resources are unemployed.
• D) the ideal, but unattainable, combinations of two goods that would maximize consumer satisfaction.

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