Comparative advantage: two countries’ production possibilities curves side by side

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Two production possibilities graphs side by side on the same scale, each with cloth on the y-axis and wheat on the x-axis: under the first, Country A, a straight blue line labeled PPC from 20 cloth to 40 wheat; under the second, Country B, a straight red line labeled PPC from 30 cloth to 30 wheat, each number written where its line meets the axis — Production possibilities curves for two countries making wheat and cloth, drawn side by side on the same scale. Country A (blue) can make 40 wheat or 20 cloth, and Country B (red) 30 wheat or 30 cloth. Each curve is a straight line between those amounts, which are written where it meets the axes.

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Country A: each unit of wheat costs 0.5 cloth; each unit of cloth, 2 wheat
Country B: each unit of wheat costs 1 cloth; each unit of cloth, 1 wheat

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