If the US Could Produce 5 Televisions Per Hour of Labor and Labor

question 134

Essay

If the U.S. could produce 5 televisions per hour of labor and China could produce 3 televisions per hour of labor, would it necessarily follow that the U.S. should specialize in television production?
Explain your answer using the concepts of comparative and or absolute advantage.

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Definitions:

Asymptotes

Lines that a graph of a function approaches but never touches, indicating direction of curves infinitely far away.

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, formed by the intersection of a double cone with a plane in such a way that both halves of the curve are mirror images of each other.

Graph

The visual representation of data or functions on a coordinate system, showing relationships between variables.

Standard Form

A way of writing numbers using digits, or a specific way to write equations, such as Ax + By = C for lines.