Use the Following to Answer Questions: Table: Production Possibilities for Italy

question 241

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions: Table: Production Possibilities for Italy and Belgium Labor Hours Needed to Make One
$\begin{array}{lcccc} &{\text { Pound of: }} && \text { Pounds produced in } \mathbf{4 0} \text { hours: } \\\hline & \text { Linen } & \text { Pasta } & \text { Linen } & \text { Pasta } \\\hline \text { Italy } & 10 & 4 & 4 & 10 \\\text { Belgium } & 2 & 8 & 20 & 5 \\\hline\end{array}$
-(Table: Production Possibilities for Italy and Belgium) According to the table on production possibilities for Italy and Belgium, Italy has comparative advantage in:

• A) both goods, while Belgium has comparative advantage in neither good.
• B) linen, while Belgium has comparative advantage in pasta.
• C) pasta, while Belgium has comparative advantage in linen.
• D) neither good, while Belgium has comparative advantage in both goods.

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Definitions:

Nucleic Acids

Biomolecules essential for all known forms of life, which include DNA and RNA, responsible for storing and transmitting genetic information.

Enterokinase

Intestinal proteolytic enzyme that converts trypsinogen into trypsin.

Trypsinogen

An inactive enzyme precursor produced in the pancreas, that, once activated to trypsin, plays a key role in the digestion of proteins in the small intestine.

Cholecystokinin

Cholecystokinin is a hormone produced by the cells of the duodenum, involved in stimulating the digestion of fat and protein by triggering the gallbladder to release bile and the pancreas to secrete enzymes.