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Roberta, Stacy, and Ted produce corn and wheat. The ____________ provides a guide for allocating their time to these two tasks, which states that when increasing their production of corn, they should do so by using the available worker with the lowest opportunity cost of producing corn.

          Roberta, Stacy, and Ted produce corn and wheat. The ____________ provides a guide for allocating their time to these two tasks, which states that when increasing their production of corn, they should do so by using the available worker with the lowest opportunity cost of producing corn.
        
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