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Economic Decision Making:Opportunity Cost
•Understand and explain opportunity cost
•Analyze real-world opportunity costs
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Opportunity Cost
• Cost of the next best alternative use of money, time, or resources when making a choice
• Not just a dollars and cents issue…• Think in terms of trade-offs/alternatives—
every other decision you could have made instead– Studying for economics in class has its
opportunity cost…
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Act…
• With a partner, create a scenario where you needed to make an economic decision– Work or play– School or stay home– Friday night– Prom date
• Explain the decision, list the alternatives, explain your decision, explain opportunity cost
• Be prepared to share!