For Questions 18 through 20, consider a society facing the Production Possibilities Curve illustrated below: Butter 2,700 2,000 1,600 1,000 750 0 0 A D C B Guns 300 320 420 600 Starting at Point "C" (i.e., 420 Guns and 1,600 pounds of Butter), if this society wanted to produce 180 more Guns, then: they could not increase their output of Butter, but they also would not have to decrease their output of Butter at all. they could also increase their output of Butter by 180 pounds. they would have to decrease their output of Butter by at least 600 units. they would no longer be able to produce any Butter whatsoever.
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