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Greece has 10 million workers. Each worker can make either 2 blocks of feta or 1 block of halloumi cheese. That is the maximimum amount of feta Greece can produce = 20 million blocks and the maximum amount of halloumi cheese Greece can produce = 10 million blocks.
On the other hand, Cyprus has 1 million workers. Each worker can make either 1 blocks of feta or 3 block of halloumi cheese. That is the maximimum amount of feta Cyprus can produce = 1 million blocks and the maximum amount of halloumi cheese Cyprus can produce = 3 million blocks.
These production possibilities have been presented in the table below.
To produce 20 million blocks of feta, Greece has to sacrifice 10 million blocks of halloumi cheese. So, to produce 1 unit of feta, Greece has to sacrifice 10/20 = 1/2 units of halloumi cheese. Hence, the opportunity cost of feta in Greece = 1/2 =0.5 halloumi cheese.
Similarly, the opportunity cost of feta in Cyprus = 3/1 = 3 halloumi cheese.
On the other hand, to produce 10 million blocks of halloumi cheese, Greece has to sacrifice 20 million blocks of feta. Hence, opportunity cost of producing 1 unit of halloumi cheese = 20/10 = 2 feta. Similarly, the opportunity cost for Cyprus to produce a unit of halloumi cheese = 1/3 = 0.33 feta.
The opportunity cost are presented in the table below.
Hence, the correct answer is: The opportunity cost of feta in Greece is 1/2 and the opportunity cost of feta in Cyprus is 3.
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Question 2
The information given has been summarized in the table below which shows the labor productivity in Greece and Cyprus. As shown, eac h worker in Greece can make either 2 blocks of feta or 1 block of halloumi cheese. Similarly, each worker in Cyprus can make either 1 blocks of feta or 3 block of halloumi cheese.
Hence, Greece has an absolute advantage in feta production and Cyprus has an absolute advantage in Halloumi cheese production based on the labor productivity.
Therefore, the correct option is: Greece has the absolute advantage in feta and Cyprus in halloumi.
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