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question 48

Multiple Choice

(Table: Labor Requirements) The table gives U.S. and Indian labor requirements (hours per unit of output) needed in each of four activities to produce the final product. Suppose that wages of unskilled and skilled workers are $10 and $20 in the United States and $1 and $5 in India. What is the cost of conducting assembly operations in the United States and India?

• A) $6 in the United States and $20 in India
• B) $60 in the United States and $20 in India
• C) $80 in the United States and $100 in India
• D) $80 in the United States and $60 in India

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Definitions:

Human Genome

The complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as DNA within the 23 chromosome pairs in cell nuclei and in a small DNA molecule found within individual mitochondria.

Genes

The basic physical and functional units of heredity, made up of DNA, which determine specific characteristics by encoding proteins.

Recessive Genes

Genes that are not expressed in the phenotype unless two copies are present, one from each parent.

Dominant Gene

A gene that expresses its phenotype in the presence of another allele, overshadowing recessive genes when only one copy is present.