Consider the Following Combinations of Guns and Butter That Can

question 91

Multiple Choice

Consider the following combinations of guns and butter that can be produced: 0 guns,20,000 units of butter; 5,000 guns,15,000 units of butter; 10,000 guns,10,000 units of butter; 15,000 guns,5,000 units of butter; 20,000 guns,0 units of butter.The PPF between guns and butter is

• A) a downward-sloping bowed-out curve.
• B) a downward-sloping straight line.
• C) an upward-sloping straight line.
• D) It is impossible to answer this question without knowing which good would be plotted on the vertical axis.

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