Table 2-9 Table 2-9 Shows the Number of Labor Hours

question 37

Multiple Choice

Table 2-9
Table 2-9 shows the number of labor hours required to produce a wristwatch and a pound of rice in Japan and Thailand.
-Refer to Table 2-9.What is Japan's opportunity cost of producing one wristwatch?

• A)0.04 pounds of rice
• B)4 pounds of rice
• C)25 pounds of rice
• D)40 pounds of rice

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Definitions:

Slopes Fail

Instances where a slope collapses or slides due to gravitational pull and other factors like water saturation or seismic activity.

Rock Slide

A slab of relatively intact rock that detaches from bedrock and slides downhill, shattering as it moves.

Rotational Slide

A slide in which shearing takes place on a well-defined, curved shear surface, concave upward, producing a backward rotation in the displaced mass; synonymous with slump.

Debris Flow

A rapid movement of water-saturated rock, soil, and organic matter down slopes, capable of transporting large items due to its dense nature.