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Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: make dishes and build fences. If Tom spends all day making dishes, he will make 16 dishes. If he instead devotes his day to building fences, Tom will build 4 fences. If Jerry spends his day making dishes, he will make 14 dishes; if he spends the day building fences, he will build 7 fences. Jerry has a comparative advantage in______

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Jerry has a comparative advantage in fences

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Comparative advantage is a concept in economics that states the product in which a person / company/ country has relative advantages or may produce more in comparison to competition.

Jerry produces 7 fences but Tom only 4 so Jerry, if he concentrated only in fences would be more competitive or productive than Tom. Tom instead, as he can produce 16 dishes. two more than Jerry has comparative advantages in the production of dishes.

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