If There Is Increasing Opportunity Cost, Then, When Moving Downward

question 67

Multiple Choice

If there is increasing opportunity cost, then, when moving downward on a production possibilities frontier, the opportunity cost of the good on the horizontal axis ________ as more of the good is produced.

• A) decreases and the PPF gets flatter
• B) increases and the PPF gets flatter
• C) increases and the PPF gets steeper
• D) does not change and the PPF gets steeper
• E) decreases and the PPF gets steeper

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