And since we're giving up some of one good, does that mean the opportunity cost is a negative number? Josie Well, we don't often say that "it cost us negative two dollars" or "we gave up negative two units of something," right? We just say "it cost two dollars" or "we gave up two units." Sabrina Yeah, the "we gave up" or "it cost us" part kind of implies the negative, doesn't it? Josie Exactly! So we put opportunity cost in terms of absolute value - we get rid of the negative sign. Sabrina Okay, so what is the opportunity cost of one cake if we move from combination A to combination B? (If needed, round to two decimal places.) Continue PPF PPF Point A B с D E Y2 Y1 O 84 Number of Cookies. 37 35 29 20 0 X1 X2 Number of Cakes. 0 4 7 9 10 D X3 X4 E Cakes

And since we're giving up some of one good, does that mean the opportunity cost is a negative number? Josie Well, we don't often say that "it cost us negative two dollars" or "we gave up negative two units of something," right? We just say "it cost two dollars" or "we gave up two units." Sabrina Yeah, the "we gave up" or "it cost us" part kind of implies the negative, doesn't it? Josie Exactly! So we put opportunity cost in terms of absolute value - we get rid of the negative sign. Sabrina Okay, so what is the opportunity cost of one cake if we move from combination A to combination B? (If needed, round to two decimal places.) Continue PPF PPF Point A B с D E Y2 Y1 O 84 Number of Cookies. 37 35 29 20 0 X1 X2 Number of Cakes. 0 4 7 9 10 D X3 X4 E Cakes

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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