Question

The United States is said to have an absolute advantage in producing food compared with Japan. What does that mean?
A. It must import most of its food from Japan.
B. It produces food more efficiently than Japan.
C. It produces food at a higher cost than Japan.
D. It must export most of its food to Japan.

Answer 1

The US has the advantage, so the US can make food more efficiently than Japan. The answer is B

Answer 2

​The answer is: B. It produces food more efficiently than Japan.

Absolute advantage in producing a certain product mean that the country able to produce that product with relatively cheaper cost and faster time rate due to the resource that they have.

United States' wide territory allow it to be able to grow different/wider variety of crops depending on what climate they're able to grow. Combined with development in biotechnology and manufactures, this make USA able to produce foods more efficiently than japan.