Table 11 Shows the Hypothetical Trade-Off Between Different Combinations of Stealth

question 57

Multiple Choice

Table 1.1 shows the hypothetical trade-off between different combinations of Stealth bombers and B-1 bombers that might be produced in a year with the limited U.S.capacity, ceteris paribus.Complete the table by calculating the required opportunity costs for both the B-1 and Stealth bombers.
$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Combination } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Number } \\\text { of Stealth } \\\text { Bombers }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Opportunity cost } \\\text { of Stealth } \\\text { Bombers in } \\\text { Terms of B-1s }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Number } \\\text { of B-1s }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Opportunity } \\\text { Terms of B-1s in } \\\text { Bombers }\end{array} \\\hline \mathrm{S} & 10 & & 0 & \\\hline \mathrm{T} & 9 & & 1 & \\\hline \mathrm{U} & 7 & & 2 & \\\hline \mathrm{V} & 4 & & 3 & \\\hline\end{array}$
Table 1.1
Production Possibilities for Bombers On the basis of your calculations in Table 1.1, you may infer that the law of increasing opportunity costs applies to

• A) Stealth bombers but not to B
• B) B
• C) Both B
• D) Neither B

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Definitions:

Profit Maximizing

The process or strategy of adjusting production levels, pricing, and other operational parameters to achieve the highest possible profit.

Kinked Demand Curve

A concept in economics describing a situation where a firm's demand curve has a distinct kink due to competitors only matching price increases but not price decreases, leading to price rigidity.

Marginal Cost

The extra expense associated with the production of an additional unit of a product or service.

Kinked Demand Curve Model

A model in economics illustrating how firms in oligopoly markets might maintain stable prices despite changes in cost or demand, due to the asymmetric responses of rivals to price changes.