Table 19-12
Output Per Hour Production and Production
of Work

question 217

Multiple Choice

Table 19-12
Output per hour Production and Production
of work Consumption without Trade with Trade
$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline & \text { Swords } & \text { Belts } & \text { Swords } & \text { Belts } & \text { Swords } & \text { Belts } \\\hline \text { Estonia } & 5 & 3 & 100 & 40 & 200 & 0 \\\hline \text { Morocco } & 2 & 2 & 60 & 60 & 0 & 120 \\\hline\end{array}$ Estonia and Morocco can produce both swords and belts. Each country has a total of 40 available labor hours for the production of swords and belts. Table 19-12 shows the output per hour of work, the production and consumption quantities without trade, and the production numbers with trade.
-Refer to Table 19-12.Which country has an absolute advantage in producing swords?

• A) Estonia
• B) Morocco
• C) both countries
• D) neither country

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