The table below shows the units of land and labor required to produce a unit of bread and cheese respectively in Country X. If Country X is land-abundant, the opening up of free trade would result in  1 Unit of Bread1 Unit of CheeseLabor Input5 units20 unitsLand Input4 units10 units 

A. a decline in the production of bread but an increase in the production of cheese in the country.
B. an increase in the production of both bread and cheese in the country, but production of cheese will rise at a lesser pace than the production of bread.
C. a decline in the production of both bread and cheese in the country.
D. an increase in the production of bread but a decline in the production of cheese in the country.

Answer: D

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