Respuesta :
Answer: 1 and 3 are the correct options.
Explanation:
A German worker takes 600 hours to produce a car and 3 hours to produce a case of wine.
Opportunity cost of a car for a German worker = 200 cases of wine
Opportunity cost of a case of wine for a German worker = 1/200 cars
A french worker takes 800 hours to produce a car and X hours to produce a case of wine.
Opportunity cost of a car for a French worker = 800/X cases of wine
Opportunity cost of a case of wine for a French worker = X/800 cars
Gains from trade will be beneficial only when, opportunity cost of a car for German worker is less than that for a French worker
200<800/X
X<4
or when opportunity cost of a case of wine is greater in Germany than in France.
1/200 > X/800
X<4
So, 1 and 3 are the correct options.
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Answer:
The answer is 1 hour or 3.
Explanation:
Denote X is the number of hours it takes French worker to produce a case of wine.
=> The opportunity cost for French worker to produce a car is: 800/X case of wine
The opportunity cost for German worker to produce a car is 600/3 = 200 case of wine
For Germany to export cars and import wine, the opportunity cost for German worker to produce a car should be lower than the opportunity cost for French worker to produce a car or:
200 < 800/X <=> X < 800/200 <=> X <4
So, the right answer is 1 hour or 3 hour.