Possibility frontier exhibiting increasing opportunity costs

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Cattletown steakhouse is a restaurant known for its steak meal and hamburger basket. a. Draw a graph showing a production possibility frontier exhibiting increasing opportunity costs. b. On the graph, label areas that are attainable and unattainable. c. On the graph, label a point where resources are fully employed and one where they are underemployed. d. Suppose the Patty machine (used to produce hamburgers) breaks down, increasing the time it takes to produce a hamburger basket. Depict this situation on the production possibility frontier.

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