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🤑AP Microeconomics
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🤑AP Microeconomics

FRQ 1 – Long
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Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
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FRQ 1 – Long
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Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
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Practice FRQ 1 of 191/19
1. Highland and Lowland are trading partners that produce wheat and cloth using equal amounts of resources. The table below shows the maximum possible production of wheat or cloth for each country if they use all available resources.
  • Assume that both countries have constant opportunity costs in the production of both goods.

Table 1: Maximum Production Capabilities

CountryWheat (bushels)Cloth (yards)
Highland10050
Lowland4040
A. Draw a correctly labeled graph of the production possibilities curve for Highland, with wheat on the horizontal axis and cloth on the vertical axis. Plot the numerical values of the intercepts. Show each of the following points on your graph.
i. A point representing an inefficient use of resources, labeled X
ii. A point representing an efficient use of resources, labeled Y
iii. A point representing a combination of goods that is currently unattainable, labeled Z
B. Calculate the opportunity cost of producing one bushel of wheat in Lowland. Show your work.
C. Which country has the comparative advantage in producing cloth? Explain.
D. Identify a specific number of bushels of wheat that could be traded for one yard of cloth that would be mutually beneficial to both Highland and Lowland.

Table 2: Marginal Utility for a Consumer in Highland

Quantity ConsumedMarginal Utility from Wheat (utils)Marginal Utility from Cloth (utils)
12412
2168
384
442
E. Now assume that a consumer in Highland has a weekly income of $12 to spend on wheat and cloth. The price of a bushel of wheat is $4, and the price of a yard of cloth is $2. The consumer's marginal utility for each unit is shown in Table 2.
i. Explain why the consumer would NOT maximize total utility by purchasing 1 bushel of wheat and 4 yards of cloth.
ii. Calculate the optimal combination of wheat and cloth that maximizes the consumer's total utility. Show your work.
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