Consider Two Individuals - Marquis and Serena - Each of Whom

question 31

Multiple Choice

Consider two individuals - Marquis and Serena - each of whom would like to wear sweaters and eat tasty food.The gains from trade between Marquis and Serena are most obvious in which of the following cases?

• A)Marquis is very good at knitting sweaters and at cooking tasty food,but Serena's skills in both of these activities are very poor.
• B)Marquis and Serena both are very good at cooking tasty food,but neither has the necessary skills to knit a sweater.
• C)Marquis's cooking and knitting skills are very poor,and Serena's cooking and knitting skills are also very poor.
• D)Marquis's skills are such that he can produce only sweaters,and Serena's skills are such that she can produce only tasty food.

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