Tom and Jerry Have One Day to Work, but Two

question 28

Multiple Choice

Tom and Jerry have one day to work, but two tasks to focus on: building chairs and tables. If Tom spends all day building chairs, he will make 16 chairs. If he instead devotes his day to building tables, Tom will make 4 tables. If Jerry spends his day building chairs, he will make 14 chairs; if he spends the day building tables, he will make 7 tables. After looking at the production possibilities for both Tom and Jerry, what can we surmise?

• A) Tom has an absolute advantage at producing both chairs and tables.
• B) Jerry has an absolute advantage at producing both chairs and tables.
• C) Tom has an absolute advantage at producing chairs and Jerry has an absolute advantage at producing tables.
• D) Tom has an absolute advantage at producing tables and Jerry has an absolute advantage at producing chairs.

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