Table 2-20 Table 2-20 Shows the Number of Labor Hours

question 63

Multiple Choice

Table 2-20
Table 2-20 shows the number of labor hours required to produce a wristwatch and a pound of rice in Japan and Thailand.
-Refer to Table 2-20. What is Thailand's opportunity cost of producing one pound of rice?

• A) 60 wristwatches
• B) 20 wristwatches
• C) 5 wristwatches
• D) 0.05 units of a wristwatch

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Definitions:

Recessive Genes

Genetic traits that require two copies (one from each parent) to be expressed in the offspring. If only one copy is present, the trait will not manifest because it is masked by a dominant gene.

Dominant Genes

These are genes that are expressed over other genes, called recessive genes, in determining certain traits in an organism.

DNA

The molecule that carries genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses.

Amines

Organic compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.