III. 119 The weekly productivity of two workers is as follows: Alex produces 30 pants and 10 bikes, while Joel produces 10 pants and 5 bikes.
a. Which one has an absolute advantage in the production of pants? Bikes?
Pants: Alex (30) > Joel (10)
Bikes: Alex (10) > Joel (5)
b. Which one has a comparative advantage in the production of pants? Bikes?
In pants: Alex (30/10 = 3)
In bikes: Alex (10/5 = 2)
c. Assuming that both Alex and Joel spend the whole year producing pants and/or bikes, find and graph the resulting combination of goods each worker can produce.
Pants: Alex can produce 19.22 pants in a year.
Bikes: Joel can produce 6.33 bikes in a year.
d. Suppose that a pair of pants is sold for $30.00 and a bike for $100.00, how should they allocate their resources and time in production (assuming comparative advantage)? Find their joint total revenue for the year.
Alex should focus on producing pants, while Joel should produce the bikes.
The joint total revenue for the year can be calculated by multiplying the number of units produced by the selling price of each item.