the fractions like 3/4 of a camera or 1/2 of a video camera bother you. If either country was to expand

television production by a significant amount—that is, lots more than one unit—then we will be talking

about whole cameras and not fractional ones. You can also spot this conclusion by noticing that

Poland’s absolute disadvantage is relatively lower in televisions, because Poland needs twice as many

workers to produce a television but three times as many to produce a video camera, so the product
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with the relatively lower absolute disadvantage is Poland’s comparative advantage.

c. Producing a video camera in Germany requires four workers, and shifting those four workers away

from television production has an opportunity cost of 4/3 television sets. Producing a video camera in

Poland requires 12 workers, and shifting those 12 workers away from television production has an
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