Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Production possibility curves

Production possibility curves — practice question

From the diagram, JK represents the country’s production possibility curve. LK is the trading possibility curve, showing the combinations of good X and good Y it can obtain after specialising in the product for which it has comparative advantage and then trading that product. The country consumes OR of good X and OT of good Y. What quantities of goods X and Y does it produce?

  • Agood X: JS; good Y: OT
  • Bgood X: OS; good Y: OT
  • Cgood X: RS; good Y: TK
  • Dgood X: zero; good Y: OK

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