Suppose the United States and Mexico both produce hamburgers and tacos. The combinations of the two goods that each country can produce in one day are presented in the table below. United States Mexico Hamburgers (in tons) Tacos (in tons) Hamburgers (in tons) Tacos (in tons) 3636 3030 2020 2424 44 2020 4040 1212 88 1010 6060 1212 Which country has an absolute advantage in producingtacos? The United States Which country has a comparative advantage in producingtacos? Mexico Suppose the United States is currentiy oroducing 4040 tons of hamburgers and 1212 tons of tacos and Mexico is currentiy producing 88 tons of hamburgers and 1010 tons of tacos. If the United States and Mexico each specialize in producing only one good (the good for which each has a comparative advantage), then a total of nothing additional tonis) of hamburgers can be produced for the two countries combined (enter a numeric response using an integer
Suppose the United States and Mexico both produce hamburgers and tacos. The combinations of the two goods that each country can produce in one day are presented in the table below. United States Mexico Hamburgers (in tons) Tacos (in tons) Hamburgers (in tons) Tacos (in tons) 3636 3030 2020 2424 44 2020 4040 1212 88 1010 6060 1212 Which country has an absolute advantage in producingtacos? The United States Which country has a comparative advantage in producingtacos? Mexico Suppose the United States is currentiy oroducing 4040 tons of hamburgers and 1212 tons of tacos and Mexico is currentiy producing 88 tons of hamburgers and 1010 tons of tacos. If the United States and Mexico each specialize in producing only one good (the good for which each has a comparative advantage), then a total of nothing additional tonis) of hamburgers can be produced for the two countries combined (enter a numeric response using an integer
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![Suppose the United States and Mexico both produce hamburgers and tacos. The combinations of the two
goods that each country can produce in one day are presented in the table below.
United States
Mexico
Hamburgers (in tons)
Tacos (in tons)
Hamburgers (in tons)
Tacos (in tons)
3636
3030
2020
2424
44
2020
4040
1212
88
1010
6060
1212
Which country has an absolute advantage in producingtacos?
The United States
Which country has a comparative advantage in producingtacos?
Mexico
Suppose the United States is currently producing
4040
tons of hamburgers and
1212
tons of tacos and Mexico is currently producing
88
tons of hamburgers and
1010
tons of tacos. If the United States and Mexico each specialize in producing only one good (the good for
which each has a comparative advantage), then a total of
nothing
additional ton(s) of hamburgers can be produced for the two countries combined (enter a numeric
response using an integer](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc2962d3d-3fe5-42c9-86e3-371a273cbede%2F00009ad8-6083-49ba-8acc-57f2ccd2c874%2F99br0r_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose the United States and Mexico both produce hamburgers and tacos. The combinations of the two
goods that each country can produce in one day are presented in the table below.
United States
Mexico
Hamburgers (in tons)
Tacos (in tons)
Hamburgers (in tons)
Tacos (in tons)
3636
3030
2020
2424
44
2020
4040
1212
88
1010
6060
1212
Which country has an absolute advantage in producingtacos?
The United States
Which country has a comparative advantage in producingtacos?
Mexico
Suppose the United States is currently producing
4040
tons of hamburgers and
1212
tons of tacos and Mexico is currently producing
88
tons of hamburgers and
1010
tons of tacos. If the United States and Mexico each specialize in producing only one good (the good for
which each has a comparative advantage), then a total of
nothing
additional ton(s) of hamburgers can be produced for the two countries combined (enter a numeric
response using an integer
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