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A-LevelEconomicsBasic economic ideas and resource allocation9708/12 · Oct/Nov 2020 · Q11 Mark

The diagram shows a production possibility curve. What can be deduced from the shape of this curve?

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Adecreasing marginal returns to consumption
Bdecreasing opportunity costs of consumption
Cincreasing opportunity costs of production
Dincreasing returns to scale

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C: increasing opportunity costs of production

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Basic economic ideas and resource allocation, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, Oct/Nov 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 1.

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