Business, 22.02.2020 00:54 Senica

Shen and Valerie run a catering business in which they have two major tasks: getting new clients and preparing food for events and parties. It takes Shen 10 hours to prepare the food for an event and 5 hours of effort to get each new client. For Valerie, it takes 12 hours to prepare food for an event and 3 hours to get a new client.
A) In this scenario, has an absolute advantage in food preparation, and has a comparative advantage in food preparation.
Suppose that initially Victor and Crystal are both doing both tasks. Then they decide to start shifting some work according to the principle of comparative advantage. In particular, the person with the comparative advantage in food preparation will take over preparing food for one more event, and the other person will use the freed-up time to get more clients. As a result, the total number of events for which food is prepared will remain unchanged, but the number of new clients will increase by .

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