A-LevelEconomicsBasic economic ideas and resource allocation9708/12 · May/June 2017 · Q31 Mark
Line XX is the production possibility curve (PPC) of a worker picking peas and beans in a 10 hour working day. [Figure 3.1] What would cause the worker's PPC to shift to the line YY?
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Amachine that increases the worker's pea picking productivity only
Bnew work schedule where the worker spends 6 hours per day picking peas and only 4 hours picking beans
Creduction in working hours to 8 per day and a machine that increases the worker's pea picking productivity
Dreduction in working hours to 8 per day only
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C: reduction in working hours to 8 per day and a machine that increases the worker's pea picking productivity
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