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Practice: Outward Bowed PPF
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Wize University Microeconomics Textbook > Economic Concepts
Opportunity Cost and the PPF
6 Activities
The following shows the PPF for an economy producing goods X and Y.
The PPF shows that X has an?
a) constant opportunity cost
b) increasing opportunity cost
c) decreasing opportunity cost
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Practice: Opportunity Cost
Suppose Bob is considering training for the Olympics. He would have to leave his job for a year at which he currently earns $45000. He would have to pay $6000 for training expenses. He will receive a $5000 grant from the government. His annual expenses for food and rent are currently $12000.
Calculate his opportunity cost of going to the Olympics.
Practice Question
Economy E can produce two goods, guns and butter.
a) What is the opportunity cost of producing the 4th gun?
b) What is the opportunity cost of producing the first two units of butter?
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The PPF shows
Here is a production possibilities schedule for two goods.
If the PPF is a straight negatively sloped line, this implies:
The opportunity cost of attending college is likely to be highest for a high school graduate:
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Practice: PPF
Which of the following would not cause the PPF to shift outward?
Practice: Opportunity Cost 2
The principle of increasing opportunity cost leads to:
Practice: Production Efficiency
Production efficiency is achieved:
Practice: Opportunity Cost
Suppose Bob is considering training for the Olympics. He would have to leave his job for a year at which he currently earns $45000. He would have to pay $6000 for training expenses. He will receive a $5000 grant from the government. His annual expenses for food and rent are currently $12000. Calculate his opportunity cost of going to the Olympics.
Consider the following production possibilities frontier
Which of the following is true?
Here is a production possibilities schedule for two goods.
As we go down along a concave production possibilities frontier, the opportunity cost of producing good x
Practice: PPF
Here is a Production Possibilities Frontier.
This Economy can produce all points listed on the PPF curve.
Point A is
Scarcity
The concept of opportunity cost is a result of
Practice: Opportunity Costs
On Saturday morning, you rank your choices for activities in the following order: go to the library, work out at the gym, have breakfast with friends, and sleep late. Suppose you decide to go to the library. Your opportunity cost is:
