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A-LevelEconomicsInternational TradeMay/June 2015Paper 1 Q191 Mark

Below are production possibilities for two countries showing their daily production of food and drink, each using the same quantity of resources. [Table 19.1] What can be concluded from the figures?

ACountry X has absolute advantage in food and comparative advantage in drink.
BCountry X has comparative advantage in both goods.
CCountry Y has absolute advantage in drink and comparative advantage in food.
DCountry Y has neither absolute nor comparative advantage.

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This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2015 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of International Trade and is worth 1 mark.

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