Consider a Production Possibility Frontier with Jeans on the Vertical

question 46

Multiple Choice

Consider a production possibility frontier with jeans on the vertical axis and shoes on the horizontal axis. As the country moves along the frontier closer to the horizontal axis,

• A) more jeans are produced.
• B) more tradeoffs occur.
• C) the country eventually chooses an unattainable point.
• D) free lunches occur.
• E) more shoes are produced.

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