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1)A small economy has a given amount of land, labor (25 000 workers) and capital (machinery and tools). Suppose that an economy produces only two

1)A small economy has a given amount of land, labor (25 000 workers) and capital (machinery and tools). Suppose that an economy produces only two goods during the Pandemic: Vaccines (Va) and Vitamins (Vi). Below is a table that shows the production possibilities faced by the economy:

Allocation.............................Vaccines (per week).....................Vitamins (bottles per week)

A075

B1070

C2060

D3045

E4025

F500

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(a)Use the table above to produce a diagram of the economy's production possibilities frontier (PPF) for Vaccines and Vitamins. Label Vaccines on the X-axis and Vitamins on Y-axis.

(b)If all resources were allocated to the production of Vaccines, how many could be produced? If all resources were allocated to the production of Vitamins, how many could be produced. Label the Specialization Points on the diagram.

(C)Calculate the opportunity cost of...

(i)Increasing the output of Vaccines from 20 to 30 per week

(ii)Increasing the output of Vaccines from 40 to 50 per week

(iii)Increasing vitamin production from 25 to 45 per week

(iv)Increasing vitamin production from 70 to 75 per week

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