Question

Ben and Jerry were currently both producing at point A on their production possibilities frontier and then Ben decided he would be willing to trade 4 pounds of cones to get 2 pounds of ice cream from Jerry. If both decided to specialize in what they had a comparative advantage in and trade, the gains from trade would be a. 1 pound of cones for Ben and 1 pound of ice cream for Jerry. b. 1 pound of ice cream for Ben and 1 pound of cones for Jerry. c. 2 pounds of ice cream for Ben and 2 pounds of cones for Jerry. d. 2 pounds of ice cream for Ben and 1 pound of cones for Jerry.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. 1 pound of ice cream for Ben and 1 pound of cones for Jerry.

Explanation:

Ben and Jerry both produce ice cream. They can have comparative advantage with producing the specialized product. Ben can gain from the trade if it produces more of ice cream and less or no cones. Jerry would gain the comparative advantage if it would produce cones for the ice cream. Both of them can have comparative advantage by selling the specialized products to each other.