If the opportunity costs of producing a good increase as more of that good is produced, the economy's production possibility frontier will be
A. a negatively sloped straight line.
B. negatively sloped and "bowed inward" toward the origin.
C. negatively sloped and "bowed outward" from the origin.
D. a positively sloped straight line.
Answer: C
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