Lou and Alex live together and share household chores. They like to cook some meals ahead of time and eat leftovers. The table below shows the number of rooms they can each clean and the number of meals they can each cook in an hour. For Alex, the opportunity cost of cleaning one room is making ______ meal(s); for Lou the opportunity cost of cleaning one room is making ______ meal(s).

Question

Lou and Alex live together and share household chores. They like to cook some meals ahead of time and eat leftovers. The table below shows the number of rooms they can each clean and the number of meals they can each cook in an hour.  For Alex, the opportunity cost of cleaning one room is making ______ meal(s); for Lou the opportunity cost of cleaning one room is making ______ meal(s).

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Alex can clean 3 rooms or cook 3 meals in an hour, so his opportunity cost of cleaning a room is 1 meal. Lou can clean 5 rooms or cook 4 meals in an hour, so his opportunity cost of cleaning a room is 4/5 of a meal.

Lou and Alex Live Together and Share Household Chores