Constant vs. increasing opportunity cost: A straight-line PPC implies constant opportunity cost; a bowed-out PPC implies increasing opportunity cost due to resources not being perfectly adaptable.
How to apply it: Explain why the law of increasing opportunity cost makes the PPC concave (bowed out) from the origin.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Basic Economic Concepts
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