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Hypothetically, the countries of Pakistan and India can produce two goods: bicycles and buses.

(a) Calculate the opportunity costs of all

(b) Evaluate properly that which country has comparative advantage in which good. Evaluation for both countries is must.

Countries/goods	Buses	Bicycles
Pakistan	20	10
India	30	45

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Definition Video Definition Ability of a country to produce goods and services at a lower opportunity cost compared to other countries. Here, opportunity cost refers to the forgone units of one good in order to produce one more unit of another good. For example, the opportunity cost of producing good X in country A is 2Y and in country B is 1.25Y. Country B has a lower opportunity cost of producing good X than country A. Therefore, country B has a comparative advantage in the production of good X. Video

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