4 An economy consists of three workers: Larry, Moe and Curly. Each works 1 0 hours a...
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4 An economy consists of three workers: Larry, Moe and Curly. Each works 1 0 hours a day and can produce two services: mowing lawns and washing cars. In an hour, Larry can either mow one lawn or wash one car; Moe can either mow one lawn or wash two cars; and Curly can either mow two lawns or wash one car.
a Calculate how much of each service is produced under the following circumstances, which we label A, B, C and D:
All three spend all their time mowing lawns. (A)
ii All three spend all their time washing cars. (B)
iii All three spend half their time on each activity. (C)
1v Larry spends half his time on each activity, while Moe only washes cars and Curly only mows lawns. (D)
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Principles Of Microeconomics
ISBN: 125206
8th Edition
Authors: Joshua Gans, Stephen King, Martin Byford, N Gregory Mankiw