Question

Refer to the "World View' to answer two questions WORLD VIEW 1 China 2 3 India 4 North Korea 2,333,000 United States1,492 200 1,325,000 1.190,000 845,000 643 800 8 Iran 523,000 510,600 482.000 10 Vietnam Source: U.S. Central Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to the nearest whole number a. If the avetage North Korean farmer produces 1,800 pounds of food per year, what is the opportunity cost, in pounds of food, of North Korea's army? pounds of food per year b. If a person needs at leest 500 pounds of food per year to survive, how many people could have been fed with the forgone food peopie Pr 20, 10 İİİ Next >

Answer 1

Answer a) 1800*1190,000

= 2142000000 pounds of food

Opportunity cost of involving in army is , per person average food production* total persons active in army

Answer b) total people that could survive

= Total food available / per person survival food required

= 2142000000/500

= 4,284,000 persons/year