Question

Potatoes and wheat output (tons per day)

Country Potatoes Wheat
United States 4 2
Ireland 3 1

The United States has a comparative advantage in producing: __________

a. wheat
b. neither
c. potatoes
d. both

Answer 1

c. potatoes

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation is shown below:

Opportunity cost of producing 1 tons of wheat is

for US = 4 ÷ 3 = 1.33 tons of potatoes

for Ireland = 2 ÷ 1 = 2 tons of potatoes

As the opportunity cost is higher in united states of potatoes so here the united stated should be comparative advantage in generating potatoes