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ZIMSEC A-Level Economics

2.3The production possibility curve

The production possibility curve in ZIMSEC A-Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 2.3.1Use production possibility curves to show scarcity, choice, opportunity cost and efficiency.
  2. 2.3.2Illustrate efficiency, inefficiency and unattainable points, and explain increasing, decreasing and constant opportunity cost and the different shapes of the curve.

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  • Production possibility curves: shapes, shifts and limits

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The production possibility curve: sample question

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An economy is producing at a point inside its PPC. This shows that

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