Kelly and David are both capable of repairing cars and cooking meals. Which of the following scenarios is not possible? a. Kelly has a comparative advantage in repairing cars and David has a comparative advantage in cooking meals. b. Kelly has an absolute advantage in repairing cars and David has an absolute advantage in cooking meals. c. Kelly has a comparative advantage in repairing cars and in cooking meals. d. David has an absolute advantage in repairing cars and in cooking meals.

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Marlene Small

23 September, 23:09

Kelly and David are both capable of repairing cars and cooking meals. Which of the following scenarios is not possible? a. Kelly has a comparative advantage in repairing cars and David has a comparative advantage in cooking meals. b. Kelly has an absolute advantage in repairing cars and David has an absolute advantage in cooking meals. c. Kelly has a comparative advantage in repairing cars and in cooking meals. d. David has an absolute advantage in repairing cars and in cooking meals.

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Destiney Rasmussen · Answer 1

c.

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Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that the statement that is not possible would be Kelly having a comparative advantage in repairing cars and in cooking meals. This is because a when having a comparative advantage you are better at something but at the same time you are giving up other opportunity costs. Therefore in this scenario Kelly can only have a comparative advantage at either repairing cars or cooking meals but not both.