The Frivoli can produce either 30 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs or 50 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti or any combination in between. The Frivoli can produce 40 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs or 30 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti. Assuming all production possibilities frontiers are straight lines. Draw a frontier for each. Do I simply put a a vertical line for Frivoli connecting 30 for spaghetti and 50 for meatballs, making a vertical line. and do the same for the other?

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The Frivoli can produce either 30 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs or 50 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti or any combination in between. The Frivoli can produce 40 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs or 30 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti. Assuming all production possibilities frontiers are straight lines. Draw a frontier for each. Do I simply put a a vertical line for Frivoli connecting 30 for spaghetti and 50 for meatballs, making a vertical line. and do the same for the other?

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Answer 1

I put S for spaghetti on my vertical (Y) axis) and M for Meatball on my horizontal (x) axis then I connected 30 on the vertical axis with 50 on the horizontal axis to get a slanting straight line from (0,30) to (50,0). My feasible area is between the origin and the line in the first quadrant (no negative spaghetti or meatballs)

Same with the other one from (0,40) to (30,0)

Answer 2

Now I get those lines hit at about (13.6 , 21.8)

so inside the region defined by
(0,0), (0,30), (13.6, 21.8) (0,30)
either machine could do the work (intersection of sets)

inside the region defined by
(0,0), (0,40), (13.66, 21,8), (50,0)
one machine, or the other, or both could do the work
(union of sets)

Answer 3

To draw the production possibilities frontiers for the Frivoli, you need to plot the different combinations of spaghetti and meatballs that the Frivoli can produce.

Let's start with the first statement: "The Frivoli can produce either 30 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs or 50 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti or any combination in between."

To represent this statement graphically, draw a straight line connecting the points (30,0) and (0,50) on a graph. The point (30,0) represents 30 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs, and the point (0,50) represents 50 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti. The line represents all the possible combinations in between.

For the second statement: "The Frivoli can produce 40 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs or 30 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti."

Similarly, draw a straight line connecting the points (40,0) and (0,30) on the same graph. The point (40,0) represents 40 pounds of spaghetti and no meatballs, and the point (0,30) represents 30 pounds of meatballs and no spaghetti.

The resulting graph will show two straight lines intersecting each other. The area inside the lines represents the feasible production combinations for the Frivoli.

Note: If the statement mentions that the frontier is a straight line, then you can draw it as explained above. If it does not specifically mention the shape of the frontier, you can assume it to be a curved line.