Julia can fix a meal in 1 hour, and her opportunity cost of one hour is $50. Jacque can fix the...
3. Julia can fix a meal in 1 hour, and her opportunity cost of one hour is $50. Jacque can fix the same kind of meal in 2 hours and his opportunity cost of one hour is $20. Will both lufa and Jacque be beter of if she pays him $45 per meal to fix her meals? Explain.
Suppose Martha and Julia both work at a bakery making bread and muffins. In an hour, Martha can either make 10 loaves of bread or 40 muffins, while Julia can either make 12 loaves of bread or 60 muffins. Both Martha and Julia work 8 hours a day. C. What is the opportunity cost to each of making one loaf of bread? Martha's opportunity cost of making a loaf of bread muffin:s Julia's opportunity cost of making a loaf of...
Suppose Martha and Julia both work at a bakery making bread and muffins. In an hour, Martha can either make 10 loaves of bread or 40 muffins, while Julia can either make 12 loaves of bread or 60 muffins. Both Martha and Julia work 8 hours a day. a. Draw Martha's daily PPC. Instructions: Use the tool provided to draw Martha's PPC curve. Plot only the endpoints and locate these endpoints on the axes of the diagram. b. Draw Julia's...
Maria worked through law school as a contract accountant. When she opened her law office, she interviewed Charles for her accounting clerk. Maria earns $100 per hour as a lawyer. Charles makes $35 an hour and would make $25 in his next best option. Which is the best answer to why she should hire Charles to do accounting even if she is better? Charles is better. Charles has the lower opportunity cost of accounting, thus both are better off. Maria...
(b). Maria can read 20 pages of economics in an hour. She can also read 50 pages of sociology in an hour. She spends 5 hours per day studying. (2 Marks) a. Draw Maria’s production possibilities frontier for reading economics and sociology. b. What is Maria’s opportunity cost of reading 100 pages of sociology?
1. What is India's opportunity cost of producing one cell phone? 2. What is the USA’s opportunity cost of producing one cell phone? 3. Which country has a "Comparative Advantage" at producing cell phones? 4. & 5. What will be the Maximum & Minimum ‘Price’ for a cell phone (in terms of tee shirts traded)? Minimum Price: ____ Maximum Price: ____ 6. List one possible “Price” for cell phone, in terms of tee shirts traded, that would make BOTH India &...
Judd has one hour of time. His objective is to eat bowls of fresh coleslaw and drink fruit smoothies. He has to make both from scratch. It takes 6 minutes for him to make a fruit smoothie and 30 minutes to make a proper fresh coleslaw. So if he spend half of his time making smoothies and half of his time making coleslaw, he can have 5 fruit smoothies and 1 bowl of coleslaw Judd is friends with Sarah. While...
Suppose Janet is currently using combination D, producing one boat per day. Her opportunity cost of producing a second boat per day is 3 balls per day Now, suppose Janet is currently using combination C, producing two boats per day. Her opportunity cost of producing a third boat per day is 6 balls per day. From the previous analysis, you can determine that as Janet increases her production of boats, her opportunity cost of producing one more boat Suppose Janet...
We were unable to transcribe this image5. Opportunity cost and production possibilities Eric is a skilled toy maker who is able to produce both boats and drums. He has 8 hours a day to produce toys. The following table shows the daily output resulting from various possible combinations of his time. Hours Producing Produced Choice (Boats) (Drums) (Boats) (Drums) 4 10 4 4 16 18 19 On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Eric's initial...
1. Anthony can read 20 pages of economics in an hour. He can also read 50 pages of sociology in an hour. He spends 5 hours per day studying. a. Draw Anthony’s production possibilities frontier for reading economics and sociology. b. What is Anthony’s opportunity cost of reading 100 pages of sociology? c. In the diagram in part a. above, indicate an example of a combination of economics and sociology pages in which Anthony would be using his time inefficiently...