Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day

question 76

Multiple Choice

Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: make dishes and build fences.If Tom spends all day making dishes,he will have make 16 dishes.If he instead devotes his day to building fences,Tom will build 4 fences.If Jerry spends his day making dishes,he will make 14 dishes; if he spends the day building fences,he will build 7 fences.Because Tom has a ____________ opportunity cost for one fence compared to Jerry,we know Tom has _________________________.

• A) higher; the comparative advantage in fence production
• B) lower; the comparative advantage in fence production
• C) similar; no advantage in production of either good
• D) higher; the comparative advantage in dish production

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Definitions:

Calyces

Small cavities of the renal pelvis of the kidney.

Renal Cortex

The renal cortex is the outer part of the kidney that contains the kidney's filtering units, involved in blood filtration and urine formation.

Efferent Arterioles

Small blood vessels that carry blood away from the glomerulus of each nephron in the kidneys, playing a critical role in regulating blood pressure and the filtration rate of the kidneys.

Peritubular Capillaries

Tiny blood vessels that surround the tubules in the kidneys where exchange of substances occurs.