Final Exam Review

5. Answer the questions using the following information. Aaron & Oscar decide to go into business together making iPads and Selfie Sticks. Using the information, answer the questions below. IPads hour per 20 Selfie Sticks per hour 9:41 Aaron 25 Oscar 10 25 a) Who has absolute advantage in making iPads? b) Who has absolute advantage in making Selfie Sticks? c) What is the opportunity cost of making one iPad for Aaron? (SHOW WORK)? d) What is the opportunity cost of making one Selfie Stick for Aaron? e) What is the opportunity cost of making one iPad for Oscar (SHOW WORK)? f) What is the opportunity cost of making one Selfie Stick for Oscar? g) Create a comparative advantage chart for Aaron and Oscar using the opportunity cost figures you found in parts c h) Who has comparative advantage in making iPads? Who has comparative advantage in making Selfie Sticks? How do you know this? Circle the items in which each individual has comparative advantage in the chart created from part g). f…

Assume that Natalie and Grace have a garden behind their house and can each pick mushrooms and plums. Each week Natalie can pick a maximum of 20 plums or 100 mushrooms and Grace can pick a maximum of 40 plums or 120 mushrooms. 1. After taking an economics class Natalie goes to her friend Grace and says they can increase production by working together and specializing. Grace says that she would prefer to work alone because she is better at both goods. What type of advantage does Grace have and is she correct in her assessment? 2. Calculate the comparative advantage for both Natalie and Grace for plums and mushrooms 3. Who should specialize in producing mushrooms and who should specialize in producing plums. 4. Assume that when they did not work together, Natalie picked 10 plums and 50 mushrooms and Grace picked 20 plums and 60 mushrooms. When the decision to instead specialize, how many more total plums and mushrooms were they be able to pick? (No trade rate, just look at overall…

1. Assume you are stranded on an island with another person. The table below gives the maximum amounts that you and the other person can produce per day, if you devote all your resources to the production of that one good. Further, assume both you and the other person face constant opportunity costs in production. You Other Person Food (lbs.) 30 40 Good Water (gallons) 90 150 a. What is the pattern of absolute advantage? In other words, who has absolute advantage in food production? In water production?

2. Comparative and absolute advantage Gilberto and Juanita are farmers. Each one owns a 12-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of rye and corn each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing rye or corn or to produce rye on some of the land and com on the rest. Rye Corn (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Gilberto 12 Juanita 18 On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Gilberto's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Juanita's PPF. 120 108 Gilberto's PPF 96 84 72 Juanita's PPF 60 48 36 24 12 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 RYE (Bushels) - has an absolute advantage in the production of rye, and v has an absolute advantage in the production of corn. Gilberto's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of corn is bushels of rye, whereas Juanita's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of corn is bushels of rye. Because…

Table 1 Minnie Hats Umbrellas Mickey 50 40 10 5 Table 1 shows the output per week of two people, Minnie and Mickey. They can either devote their time to making hats or making umbrellas. 1) Refer to Table 1. Which of the following statements is true? A) Mickey has an absolute advantage in making both products. B) Minnie has an absolute advantage in making both products. C) Minnie has an absolute advantage in making hats and Mickey in making umbrellas. D) Minnie has an absolute advantage in making umbrellas and Mickey in making hats. 2) Refer to Table 1. What is Minnie's opportunity cost of making a hat? A) 1/5 of an umbrella B) 1/4 of an umbrella C) 4 umbrellas D) 10 umbrellas 3) Refer to Table 1. What is Mickey's opportunity cost of making a hat? A) 1/10 of an umbrella B) 1/5 of an umbrella C) 5 umbrellas D) 10 umbrellas 4) Refer to Table 1. Which of the following statements is true? A) Minnie has a comparative advantage in making both products. B) Mickey has a comparative advantage in…

2. Comparative and absolute advantage Felix and Janet are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of rye and corn each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing rye or corn or to produce rye on some of the land and corn on the rest. Rye Corn (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Felix 40 8 Janet 28 7 On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Felix's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Janet's PPF. (?) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 RYE (Bushels) Felix has an absolute advantage in the production of rye, and Felix has an absolute advantage in the production of corn. Felix's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of corn is bushels of rye, whereas Janet's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of corn is bushels of rye. Because Felix has a higher…

个 The table shows Frigidia's production possibilities. Fish (pounds per month) 300 200 100 0 Draw the four points defined in the table. Use the four-point line tool to draw the PPF. Label it. and and and and Skis (pairs per month) 0 50 100 150 If Frigidia produces 200 pounds of fish per month, how many pairs of skis must it produce to achieve production efficiency? Frigidia must produce pairs of skis to achieve production efficiency. What is Frigidia's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of fish and 1 pair of skis? pairs of The opportunity cost of 1 pound of fish is skis 300- 250 200- Fish (pounds per month) 150- 100- 50- 25 50 75 100 125 Skis (pairs per month) 150 17!

1. Assume you are on an iceland, where you can produce different combinations of coconuts and fish that can be harvested in a given week. The table below shows these combinations. Notice that you can produce either all crabs, all pineapples, or a mix of the two. Coconuts Fish 25 3 15 4 12 5 a) Draw PPF using the information from this table; b) Calculate opportunity cost of coconuts if you decide to increase their harvest from 3 to 5; c) Calculate the slope of the PPF if you increase their harvest from 3 to 5; d) Will you harvest 5 coconuts and 12 fish on any day of the week? Why? e) Will you harvest 5 coconuts and 4 fish on any day of the week? Why?

Suppose you and a friend are stranded on an island and must gather firewood and catch fish to survive. Through experience, you know that if each of you spends an entire day on either activity, the result is given in the following table: You Your Friend Fish 7 8 Firewood 6 bundles 3 bundles You and your friend decide that you should each specialize so that one person catches fish while the other gathers firewood. But who should do which task? a. What is the opportunity cost for you to gather an additional bundle of firewood? fish. The opportunity cost for you to gather an additional bundle of firewood is (Round your answer to two decimal places.) What is your friend's opportunity cost of gathering an extra bundle of firewood? Your friend's opportunity cost of gathering an extra bundle of firewood is fish. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) b. Assuming that you and your friend specialize, what allocation of tasks maximizes total output for your one day of joint effort? To…

4. Shifts in production possibilities Suppose the United States produces two types of goods: agricultural and capital. The following diagram shows its current production possibilities frontier for wheat, an agricultural good, and cars, a capital good. Drag the production possibilities frontier (PPF) on the graph to show the effects of a time-saving innovation in the manufacturing of cars. Note: Select either end of the curve on the graph to make the endpoints appear. Then drag one or both endpoints to the desired position. Points will snap into position, so if you try to move a point and it snaps back to its original position, just drag it a little farther. 480 PPF 400 320 240 160 80 PPF 0. 90 180 270 360 450 540 WHEAT (Millions of bushels) CARS (Thousands)

2. Comparative and absolute advantage Sam and Teresa are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of corn and rye each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing corn or rye or to produce corn on some of the land and rye on the rest. Corn Rye (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Sam 40 8 Тeresa 28 7 On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Sam's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Teresa's PPF. 200 180 Sam's PPF 160 140 Teresa's PPF 120 100 80 60 40 20 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 B00 900 1000 CORN (Bushels) has an absolute advantage in the production of corn, and has an absolute advantage in the production of rye. Sam's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of rye is bushels of corn, whereas Teresa's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of rye is v opportunity cost of producing rye than Teresa, v has…

3. The following table shows the amount of good A and good B that two countries could produce if they devoted all their resources to that good. Assume both countries have the same amount of resources and the trade-off between good A and good B remains constant as resources are shifted from one good to another. (30 points) I MICROECONOMICS YORKVILLE UNIVERSITY www.YORKVILLEU.CA Canada India 300 500 Good A 400 Good B 950 a. Which country has the absolute advantage in good A? In good B? b. What is Canada's marginal opportunity cost of producing good A? good B? c. What is India's marginal opportunity cost of producing good A? good B? d. Which country has the comparative advantage in good A? In good B? e. Based on the data given, what is the terms of trade range for good A in terms of units of good B? ||

2. Comparative and absolute advantage Larry and Megan are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of corn and rye each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing corn or rye or to produce corn on some of the land and rye on the rest. Corn Rye (Bushels per acre) (Bushels per acre) Larry 40 8 Megan 28 7 On the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Larry's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Megan's PPF. (?) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 has an absolute advantage in the production of rye. bushels of corn, whereas Megan's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of rye is opportunity cost of producing rye than Megan, has a comparative has a comparative advantage in the production of corn. RYE (Bushels) 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 CORN (Bushels) has an absolute advantage in the production of…

Carmen and Dennis live on a desolate island.  They spend their days fishing or climbing trees to collect coconuts.  The following table shows how much of each activity Carmen and Dennis can produce for each hour of work.  They each can work up to 12 hours a day.   Fish per hour Coconuts per hour Carmen 40 8 Dennis 28 7   On a piece of paper, draw Carmen's PPF with fish on the horizontal (x) axis and coconuts on the vertical (y) axis.  Carment's PPF extends from Question Blank 1 of 9 to Question Blank 2 of 9. (Hint: your answer should be in the form of a point (x,y).) Question Blank 3 of 9    has an absolute advantage in the production of fish, and  Question Blank 4 of 9    has an absolute advantage in the production of coconuts. Carmen's opportunity cost of producing 1 coconut is Question Blank 5 of 9 fish, while Dennis' opportunity cost of producing 1 coconut is Question Blank 6 of 9 fish.  Because Carmen has a  Question Blank 7 of 9    opportunity cost of producing…