Krisha can pick 4 pounds of coffee beans in an hour or gather 2 pounds of nuts. Tom can pick 2 pounds of coffee beans in an hour or gather 4 pounds of nuts. Each works 6 hours per day. Together, what is the maximum number of pounds of coffee beans the two can pick in a day? What is the maximum number of pounds of nuts the two can gather in a day? Maximum amount of coffee beans    pounds per day Maximum amount of nuts  pounds per day Now suppose Krisha and Tom were gathering the maximum number of pounds of nuts when they decided that they would like to begin picking 8 pounds of coffee beans per day. Who would pick the coffee beans?

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Krisha can pick 4 pounds of coffee beans in an hour or gather 2 pounds of nuts. Tom can pick 2 pounds of coffee beans in an hour or gather 4 pounds of nuts. Each works 6 hours per day.

Together, what is the maximum number of pounds of coffee beans the two can pick in a day? What is the maximum number of pounds of nuts the two can gather in a day?

Maximum amount of coffee beans    pounds per day

Maximum amount of nuts  pounds per day

Now suppose Krisha and Tom were gathering the maximum number of pounds of nuts when they decided that they would like to begin picking 8 pounds of coffee beans per day.

Who would pick the coffee beans?

How many pounds of nuts would they still be able to gather?  

Would it be possible for Krisha and Tom in total to gather 26 pounds of nuts and pick 20 pounds of coffee beans each day? If so, how much of each good should each person pick?

The combination of 30 pounds of coffee beans and 12 pounds of nuts per day is

show Krisha and Tom's combined daily PPC.

 

 

 

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Is The combination of 30 pounds of coffee beans and 12 pounds of nuts per day unattainable, attainable and efficient or attainable and inefficient

Provided to plot Krisha and Tom's PPC. Plot three points total: one point if they both pick only coffee beans, a second point if they both completely specialize according to their respective comparative advantage, and a third if both gather only nuts.

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