Use the Production Possibilities Data Below to Answer the Following

question 151

Multiple Choice

Use the production possibilities data below to answer the following question(s) . Table 2-3
Refer to Table 2-3. The rancher has a comparative advantage in

• A) neither good, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in both goods.
• B) both goods, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in neither good.
• C) potatoes, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in meat.
• D) meat, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in potatoes.

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