Your friend John works producing dress shirts and dress pants. Currently John can work a maximum of 8 hours per day. With the equipment he has, and the current level of expertise, he can finish either 2 shirts or 8 pairs of pants in an hour. This is true when he is performing at full capacity. Meaning doing the best possible work.

1. What is the maximum number of shirts he can make in a day? (10 points

2. What is the maximum number of pants he can make in a day? (10 points)

3. What is the opportunity cost of making one pair pants (in terms of the amount of shirts he won't be able to make)? As an example, when you give up $20 dollars in exchange for 40 pencils, you can say that the "cost" per pencil was $0.50, because $20/40 = $0.50. (15 points)

4. What is the opportunity cost of making one shirt (in terms of the amount of pants he won't be able to make)? (15 points)

5. John's friend Anne, can make 2 shirts or 10 pairs of pants in an hour. Who has a lower opportunity cost of making shirts? In other words, who has a comparative advantage in the production of shirts? Explain your rationale (15 points)

6. Imagine now, that John and Anne are the only shirt and pants producers in their small town, how would you suggest that they spend their time at work to achieve the highest production of shirts and pants for the town? Explain your rationale. (15 points)

7. Imagine now, that John completes a training that doubles his capacity to make both shirts and pants per hour. a) What is the maximum number of shirts he can make in a day? b) What is the maximum number of pants he can make in a day? (15 points)

8. In 250 words, explain the relationship between comparative advantage and specialization. Support your answer with an example. (5 points)