It Takes Mom 30 Minutes to Cook Dinner

question 125

Multiple Choice

It takes Mom 30 minutes to cook dinner. In the same time, she can iron 6 shirts. Dad takes an hour to cook dinner and 30 minutes to iron a single shirt.

• A) Mom should cook dinner; even though the opportunity cost is 12 shirts.
• B) there are no gains from trade.
• C) Dad has an absolute advantage in cooking dinner.
• D) Dad has an absolute advantage in ironing shirts.
• E) Mom shouldn't cook dinner; her opportunity cost is 6 shirts.

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