Neco 2018 Economics Question 19

Practice objective / multiple choice question 19 from the 2018 Neco Economics examination.

Neco 2018 Economics Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 19 NECO • 2018 • ECONOMICS • objective

Country X can produce either coffee or wheat. If it uses all its resources for coffee it can produce 120 units of coffee and 0 wheat; if it uses all resources for wheat it can produce 0 coffee and 360 units of wheat. The autarky relative price of coffee in terms of wheat is therefore 3 wheat per coffee. After opening to trade the world price of coffee falls to 2 wheat per coffee (the world price of wheat remains unchanged).\nIf Country X decides to specialize completely in coffee, how many units of wheat can it import by trading all its coffee at the world price?

Answer Options

A. 360 wheat
B. 180 wheat
Correct Answer C. 240 wheat
D. 120 wheat
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
240 wheat

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This is Neco 2018 Economics Question 19. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Neco Economics examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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