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Give the meaning and characteristics of production possibility frontier.

Meaning of production possibility frontier –

A production possibility frontier or curve depicts those different combinations of two commodities that can be produced in an economy with full and efficient utilisation of all the scares resources available.


Characteristics of production possibility frontier –


• It is downward sloping from left to right


• It is concave from the origin


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