Question

1. In the two hours before the Red Sox game, Brianna and Jonathon can either run loads of laundry or prep meals for the upcoming week. It takes Brianna 1 hour to complete a load of laundry and 15 minutes to prep a meal. It takes Jonathon 2 hours to complete a load of laundry and 1 hour to prep a meal. (a) Who has the absolute advantage in loads of laundry? (b) Who has the absolute advantage in meal prep? (c) Who has the comparative advantage in loads of laundry? Why? (d) Who has the comparative advantage in meal prep? Why?

I'm stuck on a,b,c and d.

Answer 1

B J 2 m. Laundry Ihre Meals 0.4 hr. Th. Auswer wha) Baranna has an absolute advantage in the haundry because she takes less time crupleting lawdry work & prepauing same time relative to meals at the Jonathon (Aus.b) Brianna has absolute advantage in meal peep. The reason is same as that an part (a.) (shes. c) caufauitive advantage in of ie (Chesd Brianna Jonathon has in loads of laundry laundry. Because he has lessen weile compauitive disadvoutage doing launday he is o.s. times better in launday compared to 0-4 times in meals peep. Briana has compauitive advantage in meals can do it more peep because she efficiently compared to laundary work red in ablatively lesser time. She is 28 times better in meals prep only 2 times better in loads So, as laundary peu companitive advantage theory she must specialize in meals prep. of Scanned with CamScanner CS Scanned with CamScanner