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• 50 % of your grade will be determined on neatness and completeness. I mean this! Zero is what you earn if you fail to follow the directions for neatness

Neatness means:

• Always, always, always use graph paper. No graph paper = no credit
• You can either use a computer or use a pen and or pencil in your own hand.
• All graphs labeled completely (see your book for models that are acceptable)
• For mathematical problems, you must SHOW YOUR WORK
• Submit only and word doc or a pdf file—nothing else.
• Submit your solutions to CANVAS—do NOT email it to me
• 50% of your grade will be determined on if your drawing or solution is correct

1. 2. Labor productivity coefficients for the US and Brazil are given by the following table:

   • Country	Wheat per wkr	Clothingper wkr	Labor (number of workers
     United States	2	8	100
     Brazil	1	2	120

     Solve for

   • 1. Who has the absolute advantage in wheat?
     2. What is the opportunity cost of 1 unit of wheat in the US? in Brazil?
     3. What is the opportunity cost of 1 unit of clothing in the US? in Brazil?
     4. Who has the comparative advantage in Wheat? In Clothing?
     5. Draw the production possibility frontier for the US. (Put Wheat on the Y axis and Clothing on the X axis)
     6. For Brazil (Put Wheat on the Y axis and Clothing on the X axis)
     7. Suppose each country decides to split its labor force equally on the production of each good. Locate the point on the PPF curve for each country that represents this allocation of labor.
     8. What’s their production and consumption combination # at this point?
     9. What’s their production and consumption combination # at this point?

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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