Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day

question 52

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.If Jerry decides to specialize in building fences,what are the limits to his terms of trade?

• A) Jerry will accept no less than 7 dishes for each fence.
• B) Jerry will accept no less than 2 dishes for each fence.
• C) Jerry will accept no less than 7 fences for each dishes.
• D) Jerry will accept no less than 2 fences for each dishes.

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