Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. If additional units of a good are produced at an increasing opportunity cost, the production possibilities frontier would be bowed outward (concave).

2. On a diagram of a production possibilities frontier, economic decline (negative growth) is represented by the production possibilities frontier shifting inward.

3. If Sanjaya can shuck more oysters in one hour than Tatiana, then Sanjaya has a comparative advantage in shucking oysters.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE

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