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. For Jerry, the opportunity cost of building a fence is ________ dishes made.

A. 14
B. 7
C. 4
D. 2


D. 2

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