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What is the opportunity cost, in terms of sweaters, when going from producing combination B to combination C in computers?
The production possibility combinations are given as follows
We can use the above table to determine the opportunity cost of computers when we shift from combination B and C.
The increase in output of computer is 2 and the output of Sweaters decreases by 6 units (= 48 - 42).
2 units of Computers = 6 unit of Sweaters
1 unit of Computer = 3 unit of Sweaters.
Or, 1 Sweater = 1/3 unit of Computer.
I have used an example to explain how to calculate the opportunity cost. This is just for reference.