Question

Tom's lawn service specializes in mowing lawns and trimming bushes. Tom has 4 hours to devote to lawn services. In 1​ hour, he can mow 2 lawns or trim 5bushes.

​Tom's PPF is a ___________-

Tom's PPF intersects the​ graph's axis for mowing lawns at _____ and intersects the​ graph's axis for trimming bushes at ________. ​(Enter your responses as whole​ numbers.)

​Tom's opportunity cost of mowing lawns in terms of trimming bushes is ______ trimmed bushes per mowed lawn. ​(Enter your response rounded to two decimal​ places.)

this is all i was given to do the homeowork

Answer 1

Tom's PPF is a straight line. PPF is a straight line because the opportunity cost is constant.

If Tom can mow 2 lawns in hour, then in 4 hours he can mow ( 2 x 4 hours)= 8 lawns, if he only mows lawns.

If Tom can trim 5 bushes in one hour, then in 4 hours he can mow ( 5 x 4 hours)= 20 bushes, if he only trims bushes.

Tom's PPF intersects the​ graph's axis for mowing lawns at 8  and intersects the​ graph's axis for trimming bushes at 20.

Tom's opportunity cost of mowing lawns in terms of trimming bushes is ______ trimmed bushes per mowed lawn.

In one hour, Tom can either mow 2 lawns or 5 bushes, so the opportunity cost of mowing one lawn is 5/2=2.5 bushes.For every lawn mowed, he has to give up 2.5 bushes.