Suppose the following data reflect the production possibilities for providing health care and education: Units per Year   Health Care        400    370     330     270      190     100       0   Education              0      20       40       50       60       70      80       (a) Graph the production possibilities curve.   (b) If maximum health care is provided, how much education will be provided? (c) What is the opportunity cost of increasing health care from 270 to 330 units?

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Suppose the following data reflect the production possibilities for providing health care and education:

Units per Year

 

Health Care        400    370     330     270      190     100       0

 

Education              0      20       40       50       60       70      80

 

 

 

(a) Graph the production possibilities curve.

 

(b) If maximum health care is provided, how much education will be provided? (c) What is the opportunity cost of increasing health care from 270 to 330 units?

 

 

Problem 4

 

Assume that total output is determined by the formula: Total Output = Number of Workers  x     Productivity

(a) If the workforce is growing by 1 percent a year but productivity doesn’t

 

improve, how fast can output increase?

(b) If productivity increases by 3 percent and the number of workers increases by

 

1 percent a year, how fast will output grow?

 

 

Problem 5

 

According to the News Wire “Inequality,” what is the average per capita income in nations where the highest-income decile gets (a) over 45 percent of total income? (b) less than 30 percent of total income?

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