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Production of a catheter in the U.S. requires either one skilled worker-day or two unskilled worker-days, while production of the same device in Guatemala, because of its relative lack of transportation and communications infrastructure, requires either three skilled worker-days or four unskilled worker-days. Production of a hammock in the U.S. requires one-fourth skilled worker-day or one-third unskilled worker-day, while production of a hammock in Guatemala requires one-third skilled worker-day or one unskilled worker day. If eighty unskilled worker-days are moved from producing hammocks to producing catheters in the U.S., while ninety skilled worker-days are moved from producing catheters to producing hammocks in Guatemala, combined production of the two goods in the two countries will change by
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