A-LevelEconomicsBasic economic ideas and resource allocation9708/12 · May/June 2018 · Q31 Mark
A farmer picks 10kg of strawberries in each hour. The farmer is twice as productive at picking raspberries. Which diagram shows the farmer's daily production possibility curve when working 8 hours a day?
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ADiagram A showing a PPC with max 20kg raspberries and max 10kg strawberries
BDiagram B showing a PPC with max 160kg raspberries and max 80kg strawberries
CDiagram C showing a PPC with max 4 hours raspberry picking and max 8 hours strawberry picking
DDiagram D showing a PPC with max 8 hours raspberry picking and max 16 hours strawberry picking
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B: Diagram B showing a PPC with max 160kg raspberries and max 80kg strawberries
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