Tom and Jerry Have One Day to Work, but Two

question 140

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. The opportunity cost of building one table is _____ for Tom and _____ for Jerry. Therefore, Tom should specialize in _____.

• A) 4 chairs; 2 chairs; chairs
• B) 16 chairs; 14 chairs; chairs
• C) 4 chairs; 2 chairs; tables
• D) 16 chairs; 14 chairs; tables

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