Question

Production Possibilities for Al's Cafe



If no salads are made, then
sandwiches can be made.

If 6 sandwiches are made, then
salad(s) can be made.

The opportunity cost of making 1 salad is
sandwiches.

Answer 1

I don’t have the production-possibilities table or graph that gives the actual numbers, so I can’t fill the blanks yet. Could you upload or type the PPF table/points (or give the endpoints) for Al’s Cafe?

How to get the answers once you supply the data:
1. “If no salads are made, then ___ sandwiches can be made.”
- Read the PPF point where salads = 0; the sandwiches value there is the first blank (Smax).

2. “If 6 sandwiches are made, then ___ salad(s) can be made.”
- Find the PPF point where sandwiches = 6; the salads value at that point is the second blank.

3. “The opportunity cost of making 1 salad is ___ sandwiches.”
- Compute how many sandwiches must be given up to increase salads by 1. If the PPF is linear, opportunity cost = (sandwiches at 0 salads − sandwiches at max salads) / (max salads − 0).
- For discrete points, find the adjacent pair where salads increase by 1 and take the difference in sandwiches (sandwiches given up per additional salad).

If you paste the PPF numbers (or an image), I’ll fill in the three blanks and show the calculation.