Olivia and Yixing are volunteering at a cat rescue shelter. The shelter supervisor asks them to clean out kennels and haul bags of cat food from the donation area into storage. It takes Olivia 6 minutes to clean out a kennel and 6 minutes to move a bag of food. It takes Yixing 10 minutes to clean out a kennel and 12 minutes to move a bag of food. For the following questions, round each answer to the nearest tenth.     d. Yixing’s opportunity cost of cleaning a kennel:   bags of food moved.

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Olivia and Yixing are volunteering at a cat rescue shelter. The shelter supervisor asks them to clean out kennels and haul bags of cat food from the donation area into storage. It takes Olivia 6 minutes to clean out a kennel and 6 minutes to move a bag of food. It takes Yixing 10 minutes to clean out a kennel and 12 minutes to move a bag of food. For the following questions, round each answer to the nearest tenth.
 
 
d. Yixing’s opportunity cost of cleaning a kennel:
 
bags of food moved.
e. Yixing’s opportunity cost of moving one bag of food:
 
kennels cleaned.
f. Yixing says it does not matter which task each of them performs, because Olivia is faster at both tasks. Is she correct?
No, Yixing should clean out the kennels, and Olivia should move the food bags.
No, Olivia should clean out the kennels, and Yixing should move the food bags.
Yes, Olivia should do both tasks because she is faster at both.
No, Yixing should do both tasks so that she can practice and become more efficient.
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