Answer: higher
No comparative advantage
Step-by-step explanation:
For tom -
The opportunity cost for making dishes : 4 / 16 = 0.25
The opportunity cost for making fences : 16 / 4 = 4
For Jerry :
The opportunity cost for making dishes = 7 / 14 = 0.5
The opportunity cost for making fences : 14 / 7 = 2
Comparative advantage in the production of a good or service occurs when a person/ country has lower opportunity cost in the production of a good or service.
Opportunity cost is the cost of giving up one activity in order to carry out another activity.
Opoortunty cost = activity sacrificed/ activity carried out.
In the production of fence, Tom has a higher opportunity cost (4) when compared to jerry (2) in the production of fence.