Question

Suppose that Toyota operates two large plants: one in Japan and one in the United States. In the Japanese plant it takes Toyota 4 hours to produce a sedan and 3 hours to produce a truck. In the plant in the United States it take Toyota 6 hours to produce a sedan and 4 hours to produce a truck. This implies that ___________ has the absolute advantage in producing sedans and _____________ has the absolute advantage in producing trucks. Japan ; Japan Japan ; United States United States ; Japan United States ; United States no one ; Japan no one ; United States Japan ; no one United States ; no one no one ; no one

Answer 1

Answer: Japan ; Japan

Explanation:

Absolute advantage in the production of a good means that one is able to produce more of the good in a certain period of time. This can also mean that they take a shorter time to produce a single unit of a good.

Going by this definition, Japan has an absolute advantage in the production of both sedans and trucks because they take less time to produce both types of vehicles which means that they can produce more of both than the United States if given a certain period of time.