When Brazil Can Generate a Product Using Fewer Labor Hours

question 104

Multiple Choice

When Brazil can generate a product using fewer labor hours and resources than the United States,an economist would say that Brazil had

• A)a comparative advantage in production of the product.
• B)an absolute advantage in production of the product.
• C)a higher opportunity cost of producing the product.
• D)no incentive to import the product,regardless of the cost-price conditions for other products.

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