You are a domestic wiz. You can clean three rooms in an hour and can iron 15 garments in another hour. Your partner, with his best efforts, in the same time can clean only 2 rooms or iron only 5 garments. If you follow the principle of comparative advantage, who should do which chores? Select one: a. Your partner should do both the cleaning and ironing. b. Your partner should do the cleaning and you do the ironing. c. You should do the cleaning and your partner the ironing. d. You should do both the cleaning and ironing.
You are a domestic wiz. You can clean three rooms in an hour and can iron 15 garments in another hour. Your partner, with his best efforts, in the same time can clean only 2 rooms or iron only 5 garments. If you follow the principle of comparative advantage, who should do which chores? Select one: a. Your partner should do both the cleaning and ironing. b. Your partner should do the cleaning and you do the ironing. c. You should do the cleaning and your partner the ironing. d. You should do both the cleaning and ironing.
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You are a domestic wiz. You can clean three rooms in an hour and can iron 15 garments in another hour. Your partner, with his best efforts, in the same time can clean only 2 rooms or iron only 5 garments. If you follow the principle of comparative advantage , who should do which chores?
Select one:
a. Your partner should do both the cleaning and ironing.
b. Your partner should do the cleaning and you do the ironing.
c. You should do the cleaning and your partner the ironing.
d. You should do both the cleaning and ironing.
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