Reference no: EM1365355
1. Assume that it takes four hours of labor time to paint a room and three hours to sand a floor. If all 24 hours were spent painting, how many rooms could be painted by on worker? If a decision were made to sand two floors, how many painted rooms would have to be giving up? Illustrate with a production possibilities curve.
2. Suppose in problem 3 that a second worker became available. Illustrate the resulting change in production possibilities. Now what would be the opportunity cost of sanding two floors?
3. Suppose the following data describe output in two different years
a. compute nominal GDP in each year.
b. by what percentage did nominal GDP increase between year1 and year 2?
c. now compute real GDP in year 2 by using the prices of year 1.
d. how has real GDP changed from year 1to year 2?
Item year 1 year2
Apples 20,000@25?each 30,000@30?each
Bicycles 700@$800each 650@ $900each
Video rentals 6,000@$1.50each 7,000@$2.00each