VISHAL CLASSES
(K-5, near Raja Ram hospital, Shivalik Nagar)
Class 11th ECONOMICS
INTRODUCTORY MICROECONOMICS
ASSIGNMENT 3
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY CURVE
1. Calculate the marginal opportunity cost (MOC) of commodity A for the given combinations:
Commodity A 0 1 2 3 4 5
Commodity B 15 14 12 9 5 0
2. Determine the marginal opportunity cost from the following data:
Commodity A Commodity B
20 10
10 14
3. Compute marginal opportunity cost (MOC) from the following data:
Good X 0 10 20 30 40
Good Y 200 180 140 80 0
4. The following table depicts the production possibilities of commodities X and Y:
Possibility A B C D E
Commodity X 0 1 2 3 4
Commodity Y 10 9 7 4 0
a. Show these production possibilities through PPF. What do the points on the curve indicate?
b. Label a point F inside the curve. What does this point indicate?
c. Label a point G inside the curve. What does this point indicate?
d. What must occur so that the economy can attain the level of production as indicated by point G.
5. A country produces two commodities X and Y. its production possibilities are shown in the following
table:
Possibility A B C D E F
Commodity X 20 14 9 5 2 0
Commodity Y 0 1 2 3 4 5
a. Calculate marginal rate of transformation (MRT);
b. Construct a PPF with the help of various possibilities;
c. Comment on shape of PPF along with its reason.
6. Giving reason, comment on the shape on PPC based on the following schedule:
Good X (units) Good Y (units)
0 10
1 9
2 7
3 4
4 0
7. Giving reason comment on the shape of PPC based on the following schedule:
Good X (units) Good Y (units)
0 16
1 12
2 8
3 4
4 0