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| Cindy | Lou | |
| Comparative advantage of internet installations | 13/19 (.684) | 21/25 (.84) |
| Comparative advantage of phone installations | 19/13 (1.461) | 25/21 (1.19) |
The comparative advantage is achieved when a company has lower opportunity cost.. For example, for Cindy, 13 phone installations is equal to 19 internet installations so opportunity cost of internet installation is 13/19 installations. Similarily we calculated for others.
Cindy has comparative advantage in internet installations and Lou has comparative advantage in phone installations.
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showing how you got your calculated F or chi square value, and your
decision.
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