Question

Assume that John and Jane each work 24 hours. What happens to total production if instead of each person spending 12 hours producing each good, Jane spends 21 hours producing wine and 3 hours producing bread and John spends 3 hours producing wine and 21 hours producing bread?
A. The total production of bread and wine each rise.
B. The total production of bread rises and the total production of wine falls.
C. The total production of bread falls and the total production of wine rises.
D. The total production of bread and wine each fall.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. The total production of bread and wine rises

Explanation:

Note:  The question appeared incomplete as neither John's nor Jane's production efficiency is provided. A similar question has been attached for reference purpose upon which this answer is based.

Jane takes 2hrs for making a bottle of wine while John takes 3 hours for preparing a bottle of wine. Hence Jane is more efficient in production of wine than John and if Jane devotes more hours to wine production, the production of wine shall rise.

Similarly, John is more efficient in production of bread as he takes 1 hour for producing a loaf of bread against Jane who takes longer i.e 1.5 hours. Thus, if John devotes more time in preparing bread, the production of bread shall rise.

Hence, the correct answer is (A). The total production of bread and wine each rises.