Exhibit 15-4 Coffee and tea output (pounds per hour)
CountryCoffee
Tea
Brazil10
5
China 8
8
As shown in Exhibit 15-4, if each country produced according to its comparative advantage, Brazil would produce:
A. tea and China would produce coffee.
B. coffee and China would produce tea.
C. both coffee and tea.
D. neither coffee nor tea.
Answer: B
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