Microeconomics 6th Edition by Robert Hall, Shirley Kuiper, Marc Lieberman

Exercise 6

You and a friend have decided to work jointly on a course project. Frankly,your friend is a less-than-ideal partner. His skills as a researcher are such that he can review and outline only two articles a day. Moreover,his hunt-and-peck style limits him to only 10 pages of typing a day. On the other hand,in a day you can produce six outlines or type 20 pages.
a. Who has an absolute advantage in outlining,you or your friend? What about typing?
b. Who has a comparative advantage in outlining? In typing?
c. According to the principle of comparative advantage,who should specialize in which task?