A commercial laundry must wash 5,000 hotel sheets each week. It can choose between two arrangements.
| Arrangement | Worker-hours per week | Industrial washing machines | Sheets washed per week |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 300 | 4 | 5,000 |
| S | 180 | 7 | 5,000 |
Explain which of the three questions of resource allocation the commercial laundry is answering when it chooses between Arrangement R and Arrangement S.
77 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 1.2 The basic economic problem, covering 1.2.1 Scarce resources and unlimited wants, 1.2.2 The economic problem, 1.2.3 Opportunity cost, and 1.2.4 Costs and benefits of economic choices. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.