Question

An American worker can produce either 5 cars or 8 tons of grain a year. A Japanese worker can produce either 4 cars or 9 tons of grain a year. To keep things simple, assume that each country has 100 million workers.

Answer 1

Based on the cars or tons of grain that an American worker can produce and the quantity a Japanese worker can produce, the number of workers needed to make one car or 1 ton of grain in the U.S. and Japan is:

                                                           Workers Needed to Make

                                                           1 car               1 ton of Grain

United States                                      1/5                         1/8

Japan                                                   1/4                          1/9

How many workers are required?

An American Worker can produce 5 cars or 8 tons of grain a year. To produce 1 car therefore:

5 cars : 1 worker

1 car   : x workers

= 1/5 workers per car

This means that the workers needed for 1 ton of grain is:

= 1/8 workers

In Japan, a worker can produce 4 cars or 9 tons of grain a year. Number of workers needed to produce one car:

4 cars : 1 worker

1 car :  x workers

= 1 / 4 workers

Number of workers per ton of grain:

= 1 / 9 workers

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