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Question: Suppose Monsanto (a chemical and biological engineering firm) develops a new strain of soybeans that is more disease resistant, heat and drought tolerable such that it increases yields by 15%. What happens to the PPC as a result of this?

Here is the data for the question above.

CORN (Bushels)

SOYBEANS (Bushels)

20,000

0

16,000

5,000

12,000

9,000

8,000

12,000

4,000

14,000

CORN (Bushels)

SOYBEANS (Bushels)

20,000

0

16,000

5,000

12,000

9,000

8,000

12,000

4,000

14,000

Draw the production possibilities frontier. PLACE CORN ON THE Y AXIS Figure 1

Explanation / Answer

Question: Suppose Monsanto (a chemical and biological engineering firm) develops a new strain of soybeans that is more disease resistant, heat and drought tolerable such that it increases yields by 15%. What happens to the PPC as a result of this?