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Chapter 2: Q 2.5 (page 27)
Distinguish between absolute and comparative advantage.
Comparative Advantage refers to lower opportunity cost whereas Absolute Advantage refers to the production of more units of goods with the given labor and input prices.
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Could the U.S. Navy expand its production of both ships and weapons after switching from missiles to rail-gun weapons? Explain your reasoning.
You and a friend decide to spend \(100 each on concert tickets. Each of you alternatively could have spent the \)100 to purchase a textbook, a meal at a highly-rated local restaurant, or several Internet movie downloads. As you are on the way to the concert, your friend tells you that if she had not bought the concert ticket, she would have opted for a restaurant meal, and you reply that you otherwise would have downloaded movies. Identify the relevant opportunity costs for you and your friend for the concert tickets that you purchased. Explain briefly.
If the U.N. follows through on a proposal to add production targets for 148 more items to its Sustainable Development Goals, why might we expect that the opportunity cost in terms of other goods and services that must be forgone could be even greater? Explain briefly.
How must the dollar values of the opportunity costs of time compare for a typical purchaser of a vehicle converted by Becker Automotive, Inc., versus commuters who do not purchase them? Explain briefly.
Consider a change in the table in Problems 2-6. The student鈥檚 set of opportunities is now as follows: Does the PPC illustrate the law of increasing additional cost? What is the opportunity cost to this student for the additional amount of study time on economics required to move her grade from 60 to 70? From 90 to 100?
| Economics | Biology |
| 100 | 40 |
| 90 | 50 |
| 80 | 60 |
| 70 | 70 |
| 60 | 80 |
| 50 | 90 |
| 40 | 100 |
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