Bonnie and Clyde are next-door neighbors. Both have identical yards with identical pools, The table below shows the amount of time it takes them to complete their yard work. Bonnio Clyde Rake the yard 40 minutes 150 minutes Cloan the pool 180 minutes 120 mirutes Bonnie and Clyde agree to completely specialize in the task for which they have the lower opportunity cost. In other words, one person will rake both of the yards, and one person will clean both of the pools. If they do this, how many minutes did Bonnie save by agreeing to this deal, compared with the original situation where she would have to rake one yard and clean one pool?
Bonnie and Clyde are next-door neighbors. Both have identical yards with identical pools, The table below shows the amount of time it takes them to complete their yard work. Bonnio Clyde Rake the yard 40 minutes 150 minutes Cloan the pool 180 minutes 120 mirutes Bonnie and Clyde agree to completely specialize in the task for which they have the lower opportunity cost. In other words, one person will rake both of the yards, and one person will clean both of the pools. If they do this, how many minutes did Bonnie save by agreeing to this deal, compared with the original situation where she would have to rake one yard and clean one pool?
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![Bonnie and Clyde are next-door neighbors. Both have identical yards with identical pools, The table below shows the amount of time it takes them to complete
their yard work.
Bonnie
Clyde
Rake the yard 40 minutes
150 minutes
Clean the pool 180 minutes 120 minutes
Bonnie and Clyde agree to completely specialize in the task for which they have the lower opportunity cost. In other words, one person will rake both of the
yards, and one person will clean both of the pools. If they do this, how many minutes did Bonnie save by agreeing to this deal, compared with the original
situation where she would have to rake one yard and clean one pool?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc23aaeff-dff2-4da8-bc87-e3bf9a79c130%2Fdf0a7654-298b-4d22-8609-d3b146bcec86%2F8cyw12i_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Bonnie and Clyde are next-door neighbors. Both have identical yards with identical pools, The table below shows the amount of time it takes them to complete
their yard work.
Bonnie
Clyde
Rake the yard 40 minutes
150 minutes
Clean the pool 180 minutes 120 minutes
Bonnie and Clyde agree to completely specialize in the task for which they have the lower opportunity cost. In other words, one person will rake both of the
yards, and one person will clean both of the pools. If they do this, how many minutes did Bonnie save by agreeing to this deal, compared with the original
situation where she would have to rake one yard and clean one pool?
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