Ellie and Brendan Both Produce Apple Pies and Vanilla Ice

question 20

True/False

Ellie and Brendan both produce apple pies and vanilla ice cream. If Ellie's opportunity cost of one apple pie is 1/2 gallon of ice cream and Brendan's opportunity cost of one apple pie is 1/4 gallon of ice cream, a mutually advantageous trade can be struck at a price of one apple pie for 1/3 gallon of ice cream.

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