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Calculating Production Gains from Specialization
Two producers, Producer A and Producer B, initially produce two goods for themselves. Producer A produces 30 tons of wheat and 400 apples. Producer B produces 10 tons of wheat and 600 apples. They then decide to specialize completely based on their respective efficiencies. Producer A now produces 50 tons of wheat and no apples, while Producer B produces 1,000 apples and no wheat. Calculate the change in the total combined output for both wheat and apples resulting from this specialization.
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