NormalNo Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Ttle Case Two It takes Sofia 10 minutes to

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NormalNo Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Ttle Case Two It takes Sofia 10 minutes to prepare a meal and 5 minutes to clean up .It takes Dave 60 minutes to prepare a meal and 20 minutes to clean up (a) Who has an absolute advantage in preparing meals? (b) Who has an absolute advantage in cleaning up? (c) What is the cost of having Sofia prepare a meal? (d) What is the cost of having Dave prepare a meal? Assume that during a typical evening that there are twenty meals that are served. Initially the manager of the restaurant has Sofia prepare ten meals and clean them up and has Dave prepare ten meals and clean them up. However, the manager is thinking of having each specialize in one task. . (e) Calculate the amount of time it would take to prepare and clean up twenty meals if Sofia is (1 Calculate the amount of time it would take to prepare and clean up twenty meals if Sofia is (g) If you did the calculations correctly, you came up with the result that having Sofia specialize preparing and cleaning up ten means and Dave is preparing and cleaning up ten meals assigned the task of only preparing meals and Dave is assigned the task of only cleaning up making meals and Dave specializing in cleaning up causes the tasks to be performed in less time than if Dave and Sofia were assigned the task of making and cleaning up ten meals each. 9

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a) Sofia has an abosolute advantage in preparing meals because Sofia takes 10 minutes to prepare a meal while Dave takes 60 minutes to prepare a meal.

b) Sofia has an abosolute advantage in cleaning up because, Sofia take 5 minutes to clean up and Daves takes 20 minutes to clean up.

c) The cost of having Sofia prepare a meal = 5 minutes of clean up / 10 minutes to prepare a meal

so, the cost of having Sofia prepare a meal = 1/2 minutes of clean up.

d) the cost of having Dave prepare a meal = 20 mitues of clean up / 60 minutes of prepare a meal

so, the cost of having Dace prepare a meal = 1/3 minutes of clean up .

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