Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 55

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
-(Table: Production Possibilities for Machinery and Petroleum) Look at the table Production Possibilities for Machinery and Petroleum. The opportunity cost in Mexico of producing 105 units of petroleum is _____ units of machinery.

• A)35
• B)70
• C)90
• D)160

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Definitions:

Pareto Efficient

A condition in which no individual's situation can be improved without worsening the situation of another individual.

Public Good

A product or service that is provided without profit to all members of a society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.

Private Good

A product or service that is consumed by an individual and cannot be used or consumed by others once it is purchased.

Pareto Optimal

Pareto optimal describes a state in an economic system where it’s impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off, indicating an efficiency in resource allocation.