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A country has constant opportunity cost of production. If they devote all of their resources to the production of blankets they can produce a total of 810 per week. If they devote all of their resources to the production of t-shirts they can produce a total of 294 shirts per week. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 t-shirt? Enter a number rounded to two decimal places, such as 32.47 or 4.30. Do not enter any other words or characters.

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Answer: 2.75 blankets.

Step-by-step explanation:

The opportunity cost is the value of a good that is sacrificed by choosing some other alternative. So, there are certain costs associated with the consumption of some goods.

In our case,

Opportunity cost of producing 1 shirt =
(810)/(294)

= 2.75 blankets

Opportunity cost of producing 1 shirt is 2.75 blankets which means that 2.75 blankets have to be foregone to produce 1 shirt.

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