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Courses > Principals of Macroeconomics Spring 2020 > Chapter 1 Full Screen Accessibility Fill in the blanks: Suppose that Jake and Jill has the ability to pick either apples or strawberries. The following table shows how much they can pick in one hour. Quantity Picked in One Hour Pounds of Apples Pounds of Strawberries Jake 10 If Jake and Jill each has 10 hours available and each person divides the time equally between picking apples and strawberries, then they can together pick pounds of apples and pounds of strawberries. pounds of Now if Jake spends all 10 hours in picking apples and will spends all 10 hours in picking strawberries, then they can together pick apples and pounds of strawberries. Check Answer

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Quantity Picked in one hour Pounds of Apples Pounds a Strawberries 8 4 10 10 Jake Jill # Total time :- 10 hours to each Equal time in picking both applet Strawberry by both so for Jake Total apples- 8x5 = 40 Total Strawberries= 4x5=20 for Jill Total apples = 1085 2 50 Total Strawberries a 10x5 2.50 So Folt Together total apples= 40 +50 290 pounds total strawberries. 50+20270 pounds - If Jake and Jill each has 10 hrs. available and each Person efter devices the time equally between picking apples & strawberries, then they together they can pict 90 pounds of apples and [70 pounds of shawlerries. Scanned with CamScanner

* Jate spends 10 hr. in apples So Total apple picked: 10x8 = 80 pounds Jill spend 10 hrs. in Strawberries So total strawberries picked = 10x 10 = 100 pounds. - Now, if Jake spends all 10 hrs. in picking opples and Till spends all 10hrs in picking strawberries then they can together pick [ 80 pounds apples and | 100 pounds a strawberries, CamScanner