Question

Say that Alland can produce 32 units of food per person per year or 16 units of clothing per person per year, but Georgeland can produce 36 units of food per year or 18 units of clothing. Which of the following is true?
A) Georgeland has an absolute but not a comparative advantage in producing clothing.
B) Georgeland has both an absolute and a comparative advantage in producing clothing.
C) Alland has an absolute but not a comparative advantage in producing food.
D) Alland has both an absolute and a comparative advantage in producing food.

Answer 1

The true statement out of all is

B) Georgeland has both an absolute and a comparative advantage in producing clothing.

Explanation:

This is because Absolute advantage is when one firm or a producer is able to produce more of a product using less resources or less time or more of the product in the same resources or same time as the other.

Comparative advantage is found out at the added bonus of having the product be as viable as it is advantageous which means that the producer could also be making another product and would have the advantage in that too so either one of them is equally profitable.