Author Question: Refer to Table 2-4. Assume Dina's Diner only produces sliders and hot wings. A combination of 60 ... (Read 56 times)

SAVANNAHHOOPER23 · **on:** Jun 29, 2018

Refer to Table 2-4. Assume Dina's Diner only produces sliders and hot wings. A combination of 60 sliders and 50 hot wings would appear

A) along Dina's production possibilities frontier.
B) inside Dina's production possibilities frontier.
C) outside Dina's production possibilities frontier.
D) at the vertical intercept of Dina's production possibilities frontier.

Question 2

Assume a manager of a major league baseball team has a player that is the best pitcheron team the team. However, he decides to to have him play right field instead. It turns out that he is not the best right fielder on the team.

How might this manager defend his decision?

manuelcastillo · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 29, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

The manager can defend the decision by arguing that his player's comparative advantage is playing right field even though his absolute advantage is playing pitcher. In other words, the manager probably surmised correctly that the team would win more games with him playing right field than they would by having him play as a pitcher. Incidentally, if it turns out that he is also a good hitter this would be a logical thing to do. If he pitches he will not have the opportunity to bat as often than if he plays right field.