In Italian restaurant, Jack needs one hour and a half to prepare pizza and one hour to make lasagna.   Pascal needs two hours to make a pizza and one hour and a half to make a lasagna. Which one has the comparative advantage in preparing pizza, in preparing lasagna. Explain your answer.  Which one has the absolute advantage in preparing lasagna, in preparing Pizza. Explain your answer.

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