How to calculate marginal opportunity cost given PPF information

Question: what is the opportunity cost of producing dots in terms of starburst?
Lbs. of Sugar #Starburst Lbs. of Sugar. #Dots5 30 0 04 24 1 43 18 2 82 12 3 121 6 4 160 0 5 20

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Answered By:

Travis K.
Economics Tutor for MBA, Intro (Principles), AP Micro / Macro classes

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Written Explanation:

Just calculate using the marginal opportunity cost formula: give up/gainSo its 30starburst/20dots = 1.5 starburst for every dot produced

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