2. Comparative and absolute advantage

Sean and Yvette are farmers. Each one owns a 12-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of alfalfa and barley each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing alfalfa or barley or to produce alfalfa on some of the land and barley on the rest.

\fOn the following graph, use the blue line (circle symbol) to plot Sean's production possibilities frontier (PPF), and use the purple line (diamond symbol) to plot Yvette's PPF. 120 O 108 96 Sean's PPF 84 BARLEY (Bushels) 72 Yvette's PPF 60 48 36 24 12 0 60 120 180 240 300 360 4 480 540 600 ALFALFA (Bushels)