Steve can wash, fold, and iron a basket of laundry in two hours and prepare a meal in one hour. His roommate Mike can wash, fold, and iron a basket of laundry in three hours and prepare a meal in one hour. The absolute advantage in laundry is held by:

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Adison Holland

6 May, 03:09

Steve can wash, fold, and iron a basket of laundry in two hours and prepare a meal in one hour. His roommate Mike can wash, fold, and iron a basket of laundry in three hours and prepare a meal in one hour. The absolute advantage in laundry is held by:

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Dania · Answer 1

Answer:Steve

Explanation:

It is given that Steve can wash, fold, and iron a basket of laundry in two hours while mike takes three hours to do the same tasks.

Time to Prepare the meal is same for both of them that is one hour. Thus Steve take the absolute advantage in laundry as he does the same task in less time. Thus it can be said that Steve is more efficient than Mike.