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- Brazil can produce 100 pounds of beef or 10 autos. In contrast the United States can produce 40 pounds of beef or 30 autos. Which country has the absolute advantage in beef? Which country has the absolute advantage in producing autos? What is the opportunity cost of producing one pound of beef In Brazil? What is the opportunity cost of producing one pound of beef in the United States?. True or false? Briefly explain. “Free trade is beneficial because it rotates a country’s production possibility frontier (PPF) outward.”Two countries (A and B) produce tea and oranges using labor. The number of hours of labor required to produce these goods are given as follows: Country Тea Oranges A 6 20 В 8 30 If both countries have 1500 hours of labor available, explain how they can gain from trade.
- Suppose there are two countries for analyses, the United States and Indonesia. Assume that 2000 man hours are available in the United States and 36000 in Indonesia. The following table provides information on how many man-hours are needed to produce one unit of the same goods. Indonesia United States Cloth 50 3 Machines 100 5 2.1) Which country has the comparative advantage of cloth and in machines? Show your calculations.Imagine that it takes an average Australian miner 10 hours to mine a metric ton of coal and 20 hours to mine a metric ton of manganese. It takes the average South African miner 4 hours to mine a metric ton of coal and 12 hours to mine metric ton of manganese.Create a table to show how productive each miner is in a day. a. In what task does each miner have a comparative advantage? b. Which resource will each country import? How about export? c. Explain how markets provide the opportunity for the mining companies to specialize and earn gains from trade.