Question

Karim and Hamid live together and share household chores. Each of them has a total of 4 hours for chores per day. The following table displays their production capabilities in an hour. Use the table to answer questions 5-8. TEH Hamid Karim Rooms Cleaned 1 room 2 rooms Meals Cooked 3 meals 4 meals 5. Which of the following is true? a. Karim has an absolute advantage in both cleaning and cooking b. Hamid has an absolute advantage over Karim in cleaning. c. Hamid has an absolute advantage over Karim in cooking. d. Hamid has an abfolute advantage in both cleaning and cooking, 6. Suppose that Hamid and Karim decide to spend half of their time on each chore. Under this arrangement, Hamid and Karim: a. Clean 3 rooms and cook 7 meals in total. b. Clean 2 rooms and cook 4 meals in total. c. Clean 12 rooms and cook 28 meals in total. d. Clean 6 rooms and cook 14 meals in total.

Answer 1

Ans.5. a. Karim has an absolute advantage in both cleaning and cooking.

Karim has an absolute advantage in both cleaning and cooking because, given the time period, he does room cleaning and cooking efficiently( i.e. 2 rooms cleaned  and 4 meals cooked in an hour) than Hamid ( i.e. 1 room cleaned and 3 meals cooked in an hour)

Ans.6. d. Clean 6 rooms and cook 14 meals in total

When Hamid and Karim spend half of their time on each Chore ( i.e. two hours on room cleaning and two hours on cooking)

Room cleaning:

Hamid in 2 hours = 2hours x 1 room = 2 rooms cleaned

Karim in 2 hours = 2hours x 2rooms = 4 rooms cleaned

Both cleaned rooms in 4 hours = 6 rooms cleaned (i.e. 2 + 4)

Meals cooking:

Hamid in 2 hours = 2 hours x 3 meals = 6 meals cooked

Karim in 2 hours = 2 hours x 4 meals = 8 meals cooked

Both cooked in 4 hours = 14 meals cooked ( i.e. 6 +8 )

Hence, under a new arrangement, Hamid and Karim cleaned 6 rooms and cooked 14 meals in total.