This table shows the production possibility schedule for several toothpaste companies. toothpaste company large tubes small tubes 1 sparkling 100 per hour 200 per hour 2 bright white 100 per hour 250 per hour 3 fresh! 200 per hour 250 per hour 4 mmmint 150 per hour 150 per hour use the numbers to place the companies in order of greatest comparative advantage to least comparative advantage in producing small tubes of toothpaste. a.2, 1, 3, 4 b. 1, 2, 3, 4 c.4, 3, 1, 2 d. 2, 1, 4, 3

the correct answer is the letter a

bright white has the greatest comparative advantage as it produces more than double the amount of small tubes than large in an hour.

sparkling comes next as it produces exactly double the amount which is to be expected

fresh comes in third because it only produces 50 more small tubes than large.

the company that shows the least comparative advantage is mmmint as it produces the same amount of small and large tubes.

c. 4, 3, 1 ,2. is correct

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