Mark Is a Computer Company Executive and Earns $200 Per

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Mark is a computer company executive and earns $200 per hour managing the company and promoting its products. His daughter Regan is a high school student and earns $12 per hour helping her grandmother on the farm. Mark's computer is broken. He can repair it himself in one hour. Regan can repair it in 10 hours. Mark has a comparative advantage repairing the computer.

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