Question

Explain the difference between absolute advantage and comparative advantage. Provide an example to illustrate your explanation. (5 points)

Answer 1

The difference between absolute advantage and comparative advantage is that absolute advantage is when a country requires less physical resources than another country to produce a particular good or service while comparative advantage is when a country has a lower opportunity cost than another country to produce a particular good or service.advantage.

Step-by-step explanation:

For example, Florida has an absolute advantage over Canada in production of Orange Juice because we have the correct climate for oranges to thrive in, so we have a lot of them. A comparative advantage would be Country 1 can produce 100 units of a product using 100 workers, while Country 2 can produce the same amount of units but using 80 workers. So, Country 2, has comparative