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Consider the Following Information About the Production of Two Goods

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Consider the following information about the production of two goods, X and Y, in two countries, A and B:
∙ In Country A it takes Xa units of resources to produce one unit of X and Ya units of resources to produce one unit of Y.
∙ In Country B it takes Xb units of resources to produce one unit of X and Yb units of resources to produce one unit of Y.
∙ Assume the amount of resources used to produce the goods in the two countries can be compared unambiguously.
TABLE 32-1
-Refer to Table 32-1. Country A has a comparative advantage in producing good X if


A) Xa/Ya) is less than Xb/Yb) .
B) Xa/Xb) is greater than Ya/Yb) .
C) Xa/Ya) is greater than Xb/Yb) .
D) Xa is less than Yb.
E) Xa = Xb.

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