Jasmine: “Hey Esther. I am doing good long time don’t see”.
The next day….
Esther: “Yes, I know. I’ve been busy. I wanted to talk to you about something. Do you think that we can meet in my bakery?
Jasmine: “Yes, of course. I am free tomorrow at 2PM”.
Esther: “Okay! I will be in my bakery at that time. See you then!
Esther: “Hey, Jasmine.
Jasmine: “Hey, Esther”.
Esther: “I wanted to see if we can talk about our bakeries. I feel like our bakeries are struggling. And I think that I have a plan so that we don’t struggle no more”.
Jasmine: “So, what did you want to talk about?”
“.Jasmine: “I will like to hear it”.
Esther: “Jasmine I think that you would be better off making cakes because you can produce more in an hour”.
Jasmine: “Yes! I’ve been noticing that a lot and I feel like this is a good idea. Esther you would be good doing cupcakes”.
“Jasmine has the lowest opportunity cost in producing cupcakes because she only gives up 1/4 of a cake to produce 1 cupcake”.”Esther has the lowest opportunity cost in producing cakes because she only gives up 3 cupcakes to produce 1 cake”.
In the end….
“Esther has the absolute advantage because she is able to produce 30 cupcakes or 10 cakes in an hour. While Jasmine can produce 20 cupcakes or 5 cakes in an hour. Esther is able to produce more cupcakes or cakes in an hour”.
Esther and Jasmine’s Bakery
“Jasmine has the comparative advantage in producing cupcakes because she only gives up 1/4 of a cake to make one cupcake”.
“Esther has the comparative advantage in producing cakes because she only gives up 3 cupcakes to make one cake”.
In the end…Esther and Jasmine decide to open a bakery together where Esther specializes in cupcakes while Jasmine specialized in cakes. And they ere very successful.