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A-LevelEconomicsBasic Economic IdeasMay/June 2018Paper 1 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?

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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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2018 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Basic Economic Ideas and is worth 1 mark.

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