Why are all costs really "opportunity costs"?
An opportunity cost is what must be given up in order to get something else. Although it is convenient to measure many costs in monetary terms, ultimately all costs (some of which cannot be easily measured in monetary terms) are opportunity costs because there is always something that must be given up in order to get something else.
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A) $75,000 B) $150,000 C) $100,000 D) $55,000
The above figure shows the production possibility frontier for a country. What is the opportunity cost per ton of rice to move from point D to E?
A) 3000 bottles of wine B) 333 bottles of wine C) 3 bottles of wine D) 1/3 of a bottle of wine E) None of the above answers is correct.