Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Production Possibilities Schedule for Two

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Use the following to answer question(s) : Production Possibilities Schedule for Two Commodities

-(Exhibit: Production Possibilities Schedule for Two Commodities) Assuming constant costs in the neighborhood of their current levels of production, the exhibit shows the number of units of commodity X each country would have to forgo to produce the additional units of commodity Y indicated.Further assume that the only input is labor and that it remains fully employed.The cost to Canada of producing an additional unit of Y is _______ unit(s) of X.

• A) 1
• B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4

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Definitions:

Labor Union

An organization of workers formed to protect and advance their interests, including wages, benefits, and working conditions.

Bilateral Monopoly

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Competitive Price

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Growing Inequality

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