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Figure 3-22 Alice and Betty's Production Possibilities in one 8­hour day. Alice's Production Possibilities Frontier Betty's Production Possibilities Frontier -Refer to Figure 3-22. What are Alice and Betty's opportunity costs of 1 pizza?

A) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 1/2 of a pitcher of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 2/3 of a pitcher of lemonade.
B) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 1 pitcher of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 3 pitchers of lemonade.
C) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 2 pitchers of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 1.5 pitchers of lemonade.
D) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 400 pitchers of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 450 pitchers of lemonade.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Table 3-41 -Refer to Table 3-41. If the two countries specialize and trade with each other, which country will import compasses?

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Ellie and Brendan both produce apple pies and vanilla ice cream. If Ellie's opportunity cost of one apple pie is 1/2 gallon of ice cream and Brendan's opportunity cost of one apple pie is 1/4 gallon of ice cream, a mutually advantageous trade can be struck at a price of one apple pie for 1/3 gallon of ice cream.

Suppose Susan can wash three windows per hour or she can iron six shirts per hour. Paul can wash two windows per hour or he can iron five shirts per hour.

Table 3-26 Assume that Japan and Korea can switch between producing cars and producing airplanes at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-26. Japan and Korea would not be able to gain from trade if Korea's opportunity cost of one car changed to

It takes Anne 3 hours to make a pie and 4 hours to make a shirt. It takes Mary 2 hours to make a pie and 5 hours to make a shirt. Anne should specialize in making shirts and Mary should specialize in making pies, and they should trade.

Table 3-21 Assume that Jamaica and Norway can switch between producing coolers and producing radios at a constant rate. The following table shows the number of coolers or number of radios each country can produce in one day. -Refer to Table 3-21. Jamaica has a comparative advantage in the production of

A production possibilities frontier is a graph that shows the combination of outputs that an economy should produce.

Suppose that the country of Xenophobia chose to isolate itself from the rest of the world. Its ruler proclaimed that Xenophobia should become self-sufficient, so it would not engage in foreign trade. From an economic perspective, this idea would

Table 3-28 Barb and Jim run a business that sets up and tests computers. Assume that Barb and Jim can switch between setting up and testing computers at a constant rate. The following table applies. -Refer to Table 3-28. Barb's opportunity cost of setting up one computer is testing

Table 3-31 -Refer to Table 3-31. For the farmer, the opportunity cost of 1 pound of potatoes is

Table 3-13 Juanita and Shantala run a business that programs and tests cellular phones. Assume that Juanita and Shantala can switch between programming and testing cellular phones at a constant rate. The following table applies. -Refer to Table 3-13. Which of the following points would be on Shantala's production possibilities frontier, based on a 40-hour week?

Figure 3-17 Maxine's Production Possibilities Frontier Daisy's Production Possibilities Frontier -Refer to Figure 3-17. Suppose Daisy decides to increase her production of pies by 6. What is the opportunity cost of this decision?

Figure 3-23 The graph below represents the various combinations of ham and cheese in pounds) that the nation of Bonovia could produce in a given month. -Refer to Figure 3-23. In the nation of Cropitia, the opportunity cost of a pound of cheese is 1.5 pounds of ham. Bonovia and Cropitia both can gain from trading with one another if one pound of cheese trades for

Table 3-20 Assume that Brad and Theresa can switch between producing wheat and producing beef at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-20. Brad has an absolute advantage in the production of

Scenario 3-1 The production possibilities frontiers below show how much Greg and Catherine can each produce in 8 hours of time. Greg's Production Possibilities Catherine's Production Possibilities -Refer to Scenario 3-1. What is Catherine's opportunity cost of producing cake? Explain how you derived your answer.

In most countries today, many goods and services consumed are imported from abroad, and many goods and services produced are exported to foreign customers.

Trade allows all countries to achieve greater prosperity.

Table 3-27 Assume that Huang and Min can switch between producing parasols and producing porcelain plates at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-27. The opportunity cost of 1 plate for Huang is

Olivia bakes cakes and Andrew grows corn. Olivia and Andrew both like to eat cake and eat corn. In which of the following cases is it impossible for both Olivia and Andrew to benefit from trade?