Suppose that Costa Rican worker Carlos can produce either 180 pounds of coffee or 1 computer per week, and a second worker, Maria, can produce either 75 pounds of coffee or 1 computer per week. Both Carlos and Maria work 50 weeks per year. A third worker, Pedro, joins the Costa Rican economy. Pedro can produce either 90 pounds of coffee or 1 computer per week. Like the other two workers, Pedro works 50 weeks per year.

Instructions: Enter all values as whole numbers.

a. Carlos's opportunity cost of producing a computer is__________ pounds of coffee.

Maria's opportunity cost of producing a computer is __________pounds of coffee.

Pedro's opportunity cost of producing a computer is ______pounds of coffee.

If all three workers completely specialize in the production of one good, then together they can produce either_______ computers or ______ pounds of coffee per year.

If the workers instead specialize according to their respective comparative advantage, and with one worker producing computers while the other two produce coffee, together they can produce _______ computers and ______ pounds of coffee per year.

If instead two workers produce computers while only one produces coffee, together they can produce ___ computers and ____pounds of coffee per year.

b. Assume that world prices are such that 1 computer trades for 125 pounds of coffee on international markets and that Costa Rica is open to trade.

If computers can either be produced domestically or imported from abroad in exchange for Costa Rican coffee, then the maximum number computers that the three workers can consume is____ To obtain this number of computers, Carlos will produce ______ computers coffee neither coffee nor computers both coffee and computers , Maria will produce __________ neither coffee nor computers coffee computers both coffee and computers , and Pedro will produce ____________ both coffee and computers coffee neither coffee nor computers computers .

If coffee can either be produced domestically or imported from abroad in exchange for Costa Rican computers, then the maximum amount of coffee that the three workers can consume is _______pounds. To obtain this amount of coffee, Carlos will produce ______ both coffee and computers coffee computers neither coffee nor computers , Maria will produce ____ coffee both coffee and computers neither coffee nor computers computers , and Pedro will produce ______ both coffee and computers computers coffee neither coffee nor computers .

c. Assume instead that world prices are such that 1 computer trades for 50 pounds of coffee on international markets and Costa Rica is open to trade.

If computers can either be produced domestically or imported from abroad in exchange for Costa Rican coffee, then the maximum number computers that Carlos, Maria and Pedro can consume is___________

To obtain this number of computers, Carlos will produce _____ coffee neither coffee nor computers both coffee and computers computers , Maria will produce __________ coffee neither coffee nor computers both coffee and computers computers , and Pedro will produce _____ computers neither coffee nor computers both coffee and computers coffee .

If coffee can either be produced domestically or imported from abroad in exchange for Costa Rican computers, then the maximum amount of coffee that Carlos, Maria, and Pedro can consume is ______ pounds.

To obtain this amount of coffee, Carlos will produce __________ computers both coffee and computers neither coffee nor computers coffee , Maria will produce _____________ neither coffee nor computers computers both coffee and computers coffee , and Pedro will produce _____________ neither coffee nor computers coffee computers both coffee and computers .