Shaniq can spend the next hour studying for a finance test, hiking along the Oregon coast, watching reruns of Lost on television, or napping

If she decides to study, what is the opportunity cost of her choice: hiking, watching television, or napping?

With the information given, it is impossible to determine the opportunity cost. The opportunity cost is the highest-valued alternative forgone and the problem does not give Shaniq's ranking of the options. For instance, if Shaniq thinks that if she had not studied she would have watched Lost, then watching Lost is the opportunity cost. However, if Shaniq thinks that if she were not studying, she would be strolling along the beach, then the beach walk is the opportunity cost.