Below is the graph of the demand curve and the supply curve


1. St Atanagio is a remote island in the Atlantic. The inhabitants grow corn and breed poultry. The accompanying table shows the maximum annual output combinations of corn and poultry that can be produced. Obviously, given their limited resources and available technology, as they use more of their resources for corn production, there are fewer resources available for breeding poultry.

Maximum annual output options

Quantity of Corn

(pounds)

Quantity of  Poultry

(pounds)

      1

1200

0

2

1000

300

3

800

500

4

600

600

5

400

700

6

200

775

7

0

850

Examine the following production possibility frontier graph with corn on the horizontal axis and poultry on the vertical axis illustrating these options and showing points 1-7.

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a. Can St. Atanagio produce 650 pounds of poultry and 650 pounds of corn? Explain. Where would this point lie relative to the production possibility frontier?

b. What is the opportunity cost of increasing the annual output of corn from 800 to 1000 pounds?

c. What is the opportunity cost of increasing the annual output of corn from 200 to 400 pounds?

d. Can you explain why the answers to parts c. and d. above are not the same? What does this imply about the slope of the production possibility frontier?

2. Suppose that the supply schedule of Belgium Cocoa beans is as follows:

Price of cocoa beans

(per pound)

Quantity of cocoa beans supplied

(pounds)

$40

900

$35

700

$30

500

$25

400

$20

200

Suppose that Belgium cocoa beans can be sold only in Europe. The European demand schedule for Belgium cocoa beans is as follows:

Price of Belgium cocoa beans

(per pound)

European Quantity of Belgium cocoa beans demanded

(pounds)

$40

100

$35

300

$30

500

$25

700

$20

900

a. Below is the graph of the demand curve and the supply curve for Belgium cocoa beans. From the supply and demand schedules above, what are the equilibrium price and quantity of cocoa beans from Belgium?

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Now suppose that Belgium cocoa beans can be sold in the U.S. The U.S. demand schedule for Belgium cocoa beans is as follows:

Price of Belgium cocoa beans

(per pound)

U.S. Quantity of Belgium cocoa beans demanded

(pounds)

$40

200

$35

400

$30

600

$25

800

$20

1000

b. What is the combined (total) demand schedule for Belgian cocoa beans that European and USA consumers buy?

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