Question

You can wash, fold, and iron a basket of laundry in two hours and prepare a meal in one hour. Your roommate can wash, fold, and iron a basket of laundry in three hours and prepare a meal in one hour. Who has the absolute advantage in laundry, and who has an absolute advantage in meal preparation?

Answer 1

Answer: You have the advantage to fold laundry and cook a meal faster than your roommate because you can fold in 2 hours and prepare a meal in 1 hour, which is 3 hours in total. However, your roommate can fold laundry in 3 hours and cook a meal in 1 hour which is 4 hours in total. So you have an advantage because you take 1 hour less than your roommate.