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So, who has the absolute advantage? Remember, when one
person is more productive than another person in several or even
all activities they have the absolute advantage.
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Corey and Mona then trade:
Corey sells Mona 10 tasks in Zelda and buys 20 washed dishes.
Mona sells Corey 20 washed dishes and buys 10 tasks in Zelda.
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After trade:
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Mona and I exchange clean dishes for Zelda tasks along the red
“Trade line.” The price of a clean dish is 2 Zelda tasks or the
price of a Zelda task is 1/2 of a clean dish (see the previous
tables to confirm this).