It Takes Melissa Eight Hours to Produce a Bushel of Corn

question 157

Multiple Choice

It takes Melissa eight hours to produce a bushel of corn and two hours to wash and polish a car. It takes Greg six hours to produce a bushel of corn and one hour to wash and polish a car. If Melissa and Greg each work 48 hours in one week and produce only the good for which they have the comparative advantage, how much corn is produced and how many cars are washed in total?

• A) six bushels of corn and 24 washed cars
• B) six bushels of corn and 48 washed cars
• C) eight bushels of corn and 24 washed cars
• D) eight bushels of corn and 48 washed cars

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Definitions:

Optic Tracts

Nerve pathways traveling from the optic chiasma to the thalamus in the brain, important for the transmission of visual information.

Diencephalon

The diencephalon is a region of the brain that includes structures such as the thalamus and hypothalamus, involved in sensory and autonomic functions.

Hypothalamus

A region of the brain responsible for hormone production and regulation of vital bodily functions, including temperature, hunger, and thirst.

Thalamus

In vertebrates, the portion of the diencephalon that passes on selected sensory information to the cerebrum.