Assuming that no resource is equally efficient in production of all goods, name the curve which shows production potential of the economy. Explain, giving reasons, its properties.
CBSE DELHI - SET 3 2016
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The curve is called production possibilities frontier or curve. Properties
  1. PPF slope downwards from left to right.
    ​​​​​​It is because to produce more quantity of one good, some quantity of other good has to be sacrificed because resources are limited.
  2. PPF is Concave
This implies that slope of the curve (i.e. marginal rate of transformation) increases as we move along the curve from left to right. MRT increases because no resource is equally efficient in production of all goods, so that to obtain more quantity of one good, the quantity of the other good is sacrificed at an increasing rate.
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