The slope of a country's production possibility frontier is equal to ________ and the optimal production point is located where the slope is equal to ________
Assume that output of good Y is measured on the vertical axis, output of good X is measured on the horizontal axis, MPL is the marginal product of labor with a subscript indicating which good, P is the price of a good, and w is the wage rate. A) -MPLY/MPLX; -PX/PY
B) -PX/PY; -MPLY/MPLX;
C) -PX/w; -PY/w
D) -MPLY/w; -MPLF/w
E) -MPLX/MPLY; -PX/PY
A
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