Which country has an absolute advantage in the production of wine?

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Absolute advantage occurs when a country can produce a good using fewer inputs (in this case, fewer labor hours) than another country.

Recall the labor hours required to produce 1 unit of wine for each country from the previous context.
- For Brazil, 1 unit of wine requires 15 hours.
- For South Africa, 1 unit of wine requires 10 hours.
Compare the labor hours for wine production between the two countries.
South Africa requires 10 hours to produce 1 unit of wine, while Brazil requires 15 hours.
Since $10 < 15$ , South Africa uses fewer labor hours to produce wine.
Determine which country has the absolute advantage in wine production.
Because South Africa can produce wine using fewer labor hours than Brazil, South Africa has an absolute advantage in the production of wine.

The final answer is $\text{a. South Africa}$ .

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