Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: set traps and build bombs.If Tom spends all day setting traps,he will have set 16 traps.If he instead devotes his day to building bombs,Tom will build 4 bombs.If Jerry spends his day setting traps,he will set 14 traps;if he spends the day building bombs,he will build 7 bombs.After looking at the production possibilities for both Tom and Jerry,we can conclude that:
A)Tom has the comparative advantage in trap production.
B)Jerry has the comparative advantage in trap production.
C)Tom has the comparative advantage in bomb production.
D)No comparative advantage exists.

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Tom has the comparative advantage in trap production because he can produce more traps than Jerry per day.

Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day