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1. Pete grows wheat and sells it to Roger for $2. Then Roger turns it into...

1. Pete grows wheat and sells it to Roger for $2. Then Roger turns it into flour and sells it to John for $3. John takes the flour and also some sugar which he bought for $1 and eggs that he bought for $1.50 and bakes a cake which he sells to Keith for $10. Keith eats the cake and then drives his car into a swimming pool for some reason. How much is added to nominal GDP here?

2. Consider an economy that produces the following goods.

Fish quantity:   343

Fish price: 19

Coconut quantity: 497

Coconut price: 9

What is nominal GDP? (Round to the nearest whole number.)

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Expert Solution

1)$10

GDP considers the cost of final goods and services.

2)Nominal GDP is simply equal to the sum of the current year price * quantity of all the goods.

=(343*19)+(497*9)

=6517 +4473

=$10986


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