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abarnes

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Jane produces only corn, measured in tons, and cloth, measured in bolts. For her, the opportunity cost of one more ton of corn is
 
  A) the same as the opportunity cost of one more bolt of cloth.
  B) the inverse of the opportunity cost of one more bolt of cloth.
  C) the ratio of all the bolts of cloth she produces to all the tons of corn she produces.
  D) the ratio of all the tons of corn she produces to all the bolts of cloth she produces.

Question 2

If Croatian firms can make 600 pitchforks or 100 hammers in a week and Slovenian firms can make 200 pitchforks or 200 hammers in a week, then
 
  A) the costs of production differ in each country.
  B) the Croats have an incentive to specialize in hammers.
  C) the Slovenes have an incentive to specialize in pitchforks.
  D) all of the above are true.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A



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