Question

It takes Anne 3 hours to make a pie and 4 hours to make a shirt. It takes Mary 2 hours to make a pie and 5 hours to make a shirt. Anne should specialize in making shirts and Mary should specialize in making pies, and they should trade.A.TrueB.False

Answer 1

Answer:

False

Explanation:

An economic agent should specialise in the production of the good for which it has a comparative advantage in its production.

An economic agent has a comparative advantage in production if it produces at a lower opportunity cost when compared with other economic agents.

Anne's opportunity cost in pie production = 4/3=1.33

Anne's opportunity cost in shirt production = 3/4 = 0.75

Mary's opportunity cost in pie production = 5/2 = 2.5

Mary's opportunity cost in shirt production = 2/5 = 0.4

Anne has a comparative advantage in the production of pies and Mary has a comparative advantage in the production of shirts.

Anne should specialise in pie production and Mary should specialise in shirt production.

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