The figure above shows the production possibilities frontier for a country. If the economy is operating at point B, then the opportunity cost of another million gallons of milk is
A) 4 gallons of ice cream for a gallon of milk.
B) 3 gallons of ice cream for a gallon of milk.
C) 1 gallon of ice cream for a gallon of milk.
D) 1/3 of a gallon of ice cream for a gallon of milk.
E) zero because after producing another million gallons of milk then zero gallons of ice cream are produced.
B
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