If luke can bake bread at a lower opportunity cost than jason, and jason can produce paintings at a lower opportunity cost than luke, it follows that

a. luke has a comparative advantage in paintings and jason has a comparative advantage in baking bread.

b. both luke and jason have a comparative advantage in baking bread.

c. both luke and jason have a comparative disadvantage in producing paintings.

d. luke has a comparative advantage in baking bread and jason has a comparative advantage in producing paintings.

e. there is not enough information to answer the question.

Precision dyes is analyzing two machines to determine which one it should purchase. the company requires a rate of return of 15 percent and uses straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the life of its equipment. ignore bonus depreciation. machine a has a cost of $462,000, annual aftertax cash outflows of $46,200, and a four-year life. machine b costs $898,000, has annual aftertax cash outflows of $16,500, and has a seven-year life. whichever machine is purchased will be replaced at the end of its useful life. which machine should the company purchase and how much less is that machine's eac as compared to the other machine's

Wren pork company uses the value basis of allocating joint costs in its production of pork products. relevant information for the current period follows: product pounds price/lb. loin chops 3,000 $ 5.00 ground 10,000 2.00 ribs 4,000 4.75 bacon 6,000 3.50 the total joint cost for the current period was $43,000. how much of this cost should wren pork allocate to loin chops?

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?