Lou and Alex live together and share household chores. They like to cook some meals ahead of time and eat leftovers. The table below shows the number of rooms they can each clean and the number of meals they can each cook in an hour. Rooms CleanedPer Hour Meals CookedPer HourLou54Alex33For Alex, the opportunity cost of cleaning one room is making ________ meal(s); for Lou the opportunity cost of cleaning one room is making ________ meal(s).

A. 4; 4
B. 3; 5
C. 1; 4/5
D. 1; 5/4

Answer: C

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