The above figure shows the production possibility frontier for a country. Suppose the country is producing at point A. What is the opportunity cost of increasing the production of rice to 12 tons?

A) 6 thousand bottles of wine
B) 9 thousand bottles of wine
C) 15 thousand bottles of wine
D) 12 tons of rice
E) Nothing, it is a free lunch.


A

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