Hans can do 4 loads of laundry per hour,and he can type 6 pages per hour.Maria can do 12 loads of laundry per hour,and she can type 8 pages per hour.Hans and Maria would both be better off if:
A)Hans specialized in typing and Maria in doing laundry,trading with each other for the other service.
B)Hans specialized in doing laundry and Maria in typing,trading with each other for the other service.
C)each did their own laundry and typing.
D)Maria did all of the typing and all of the laundry.
E)Hans did all of the typing and all of the laundry.

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Hans has a comparative advantage in typing (6 pages per hour vs. Maria's 8, a smaller gap than in laundry), and Maria has a comparative advantage in doing laundry (12 loads per hour vs. Hans's 4). Specializing in these tasks and trading with each other would make both better off, according to the principle of comparative advantage.

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