If the United States could produce 1/2 ton of potatoes or 1 ton of wheat per worker per year, while Ireland could produce 3 tons of potatoes or 2 tons of wheat per worker per year, the country with the comparative advantage in producing wheat is ____ and the country with the absolute advantage in producing potatoes is ____
a. the United States; the United States
b. the United States; Ireland
c. Ireland; the United States
d. Ireland; Ireland
b
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