Discuss
if you are the first student to reach this discussion thread, write a paragraph that answers the questions below, based on the story. use the scoring rubric to you decide what to include in your paragraph.
if you are not the first student to reach this discussion, base your answer on the story the last student made up. then, add your own example.
the first story:
scott and martha work in a software company. scott can make 10 schedules an hour, or he can perform 30 quality assurance checks an hour. on the other hand, martha can make 8 schedules an hour or perform 28 quality assurance checks an hour. who has the comparative advantage for making schedules, scott or martha?
discussion questions:
who has the comparative advantage?
what are each person's opportunity costs?
respond
respond to the other student's problem with one of your own. remember to ask these questions:
who has the comparative advantage?
what are each person's opportunity costs?