If Korea Is Capable of Producing Either Shoes or Soccer

question 206

Multiple Choice

If Korea is capable of producing either shoes or soccer balls or some combination of those two products,then

• A)Korea should specialize in the product in which it has an absolute advantage.
• B)it would be impossible for Korea to have an absolute advantage over another country in both products.
• C)it would be difficult for Korea to benefit from trade with another country if Korea is efficient in the production of both goods.
• D)Korea's opportunity cost of shoes is the inverse of its opportunity cost of soccer balls.

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Definitions:

Substitutes

Goods or services that can replace each other in use or consumption, such that an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in demand for the other.

Marginal Revenue

Marginal revenue is the additional revenue that a firm gains from selling one more unit of a good or service.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers at those prices.

Price

The cost in money to purchase a particular good or service.