(d) Torrential rain lashes much of Japan; three dead in landslide TAKEO (Japan) * Torrential rain lashed much of Japan yesterday, submerging roads and buildings in the western part of the country, while three people died after a landslide in central Nagano prefecture. Large parts of Japan, particularly the southwestern main island of Kyushu, have seen record levels of rainfall, causing rivers to overow and triggering landslides. Cars that had been submerged in muddy water and vending machines will have to be replaced. Adapted ow The Straits mes, 15 August 2021 (i) Explain the effect of the rain in the passage above on Japan's PPC for cars and rice Use a PPC diagram to illustrate your answer. (4 marks) (ii) If Japan relocates its car factories to higher ground that is not affected by the rain, explain the effect of future oods on Japan's PPC for cars and rice. Use a PPC diagram to illustrate your answer. (b) (8) Calculate the opportunity cost incurred by the economy to increase its production of rice from 50 tons to 35 tons. (2 marks) Identify all possible combinations of rice and cars that Japan can produce such that it utilises its existing resources efficiently, (3 marks) Explain how Japan can produce combination A using its cunent resources. (2 marks) The following graph illustrates the production possibility curve (PFC) of Japan in the production of cars and rice. A, B, C, D and E represent possible combinations of rice and cars produced with existing resources. Cars 25 ,000 10,000 5,000 r Rice (tons) 0 50 85 90