Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: make dishes and build fences. If Tom spends all day making dishes, he will have make 16 dishes. If he instead devotes his day to building fences, Tom will build 4 fences. If Jerry spends his day making dishes, he will make 14 dishes; if he spends the day building fences, he will build 7 fences. Because Tom has a ________ opportunity cost for one fence compared to Jerry, we know Tom has ________.
A. higher; the comparative advantage in fence production
B. lower; the comparative advantage in fence production
C. higher; the comparative advantage in dish production
D. similar; no advantage in production of either good
Answer: C
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