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Opportunity Cost
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Unlimited Wants Limited Resources Scarcity Choice Choose to satisfy some wants = Give up some wants Opportunity cost
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Opportunity cost is… The value of the highest valued options forgone
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Let me find a girlfriend Pretty UglySilver
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Oh……pretty girl~
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My O.C. of choosing Pretty is… The value of Ugly Pretty UglySilver
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Why the opportunity cost is not the value of Ugly and Silver? Pretty UglySilver
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If you want to have two girlfriends at the same time, I will say a song all the time. Are you OK?
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Please....Stop!!! I swear I won’t have two girlfriends at the same time. So the opportunity cost of choosing pretty as a girlfriend is the value of ugly.
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Hi! Am I pretty ?
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My O.C. of choosing Pretty is… My O.C. of choosing Pretty is the value of Silver 18 分 Pretty UglySilver
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If I only have one choice. My O.C. of choosing pretty is… No choice, No O.C. Pretty UglySilver
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Will this affect my opportunity cost of choosing pretty as girlfriend? 15分 Pretty UglySilver
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My O.C. of choosing pretty is……. The value of ugly 15分 Pretty Ugly Silver
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Though I am ugly, I am a good wife.
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12分 Pretty UglySilver Will this affect my opportunity cost of choosing pretty as girlfriend? The value of Ugly increase, so the o.c. of choosing pretty will increase.
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Exercise 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport
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Q.1 The highest valued option is… 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport
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Q.2 What options are forgone… 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport
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Q.3 Which is the highest valued option forgone? 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport
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Q.4 The opportunity cost of revision is… 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport
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Q.5 The O.C. of Sleeping is… 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport
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Q.6 The O.C. of doing sport is… 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport
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Q.7 If mum order Mary to sleep, what is the O.C. of sleeping? 1 st Choice: Revision 2 nd Choice: Sleeping 3 rd Choice: Doing Sport None, because Mary has no choice, so she has no O.C.
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The O.C. of watching Harry Porter is… The value of Cars 2
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The O.C. of watching Cars 2 is… The value of Harry Porter
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The O.C. of watching Kung Fu Panda is… The value of Harry Porter
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In what situation, there is no O.C. of watching Harry Porter? When the other movies cannot be watched
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Will O.C. change? When the value of the highest valued option forgone changes, the O.C. changes. O.C. = the value of highest value option forgone (2 nd option’s value)
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Exercise My O.C. of surfing the net is… The value of playing basketball.
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Exercise EventChange of O.C. 1. Sally’s best friend will play basketball with her 2. There are some problems in the Network 3. There is good desert when Singing Karaoke
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