Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day

question 135

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.The opportunity cost of one fence is _______ for Tom and ________ for Jerry.Therefore Tom should specialize in ______________.

• A) 4 dishes; 2 dishes; dishes
• B) 16 dishes; 14 dishes; dishes
• C) 4 dishes; 2 dishes; fences
• D) 16 dishes; 14 dishes; fences

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