Question

Vincent and Jean are two cooks who work in a village. Each of them can either bake cakes or make pizzas. Every ingredient is readily available to them, and the only scarce resource is the cooks' time. Vincent can bake 10 cakes or make 5 pizzas in an hour. Jean can bake 12 cakes or make 8 pizzas in an hour. Please answer the four questions.
Which cook has the absolute advantage in baking cakes?

A. Vincent
B. Jean
C. Neither

Answer 1

Answer: B. Jean

Explanation:

Having Absolute Advantage in the production of a good means that you can produce more of that good given the same resources or at least the same Quantity as others given lower resources.

From the scenario above therefore, Jean has the Absolute Advantage in producing Cakes as Jean can bake 12 cakes in an hour while Vincent can only bake 10.