See the production possibility tables for Marketopia and Econlandia below.MarketopiaEconlandiaCookiesPiesCookiesPies018091012306206603300900Given this information, we can determine that
A. Marketopia has a comparative advantage in the production of both goods.
B. Marketopia has a comparative advantage in the production of pies.
C. Econlandia has a comparative advantage in the production of pies.
D. Neither bakery has a comparative advantage.
Answer: B
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That night, she gets a call from her employer to come to work for a wage rate of $15 per hour for that night. She decides to work for three hours and earn an extra $45.00. The next day she takes the test and gets a grade of 75. The opportunity cost for her work is A) the $45.00 she earned. B) the 15 extra points she estimates that she could have earned on the exam if she had studied the extra three hours. C) the three hours she did not study. D) the entire four hours she set aside for studying.