Suppose Mary and Tom both work at a bakery making muffins and bread. Both Tom and...

Suppose Mary and Tom both work at a bakery making muffins and bread. Both Tom and Mary have two hours to work. It takes Mary 2 minutes to make a loaf of bread and 10 minutes to make a muffin. John takes 5 minutes to make a loaf of bread and 15 minutes to make a muffin.

a) Draw the joint Production Possiblity Frontier for bread and muffins. Be sure to label the x-intercept, the y intercept, the slope along each segment of the PPF and the point at which each is specializing in the activity at which he/she has a comparative advantage.

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