What is opportunity cost of reading 100 pages of sociology

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Maria can read 20 pages of economics in an hour. She can also read 50 pages of sociology in an hour. She spends 5 hours per day studying.

a.) Draw Maria's production possibilities frontier for reading economics and sociology.
b.) What is Maria's opportunity cost of reading 100 pages of sociology?

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