use the figure below to answer the following questions :

-The opportunity cost of increasing the production of apple pies from 12 to 14 pies is ________ pies.
A) 2 blueberry
B) 14 apple
C) 7 blueberry
D) 4 blueberry
E) 2 apple

Question

use the figure below  to answer the following questions :

-The opportunity cost of increasing the production of apple pies from 12 to 14 pies is ________ pies.
A) 2 blueberry 
B) 14 apple 
C) 7 blueberry 
D) 4 blueberry 
E) 2 apple

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Moving from 12 to 14 apple pies involves moving two units to the right along the apple pie production axis. At this level of production, the opportunity cost of 1 apple pie is 2 blueberry pies. Therefore, to increase the production of apple pies from 12 to 14, we need to give up 4 blueberry pies (2 blueberry pies for each apple pie). So, the answer is D.

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