Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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![Suppose Anna is considering two job offers. She can choose to either work as a barista in a cafe or a coach in a gym. The cafe is only a
six-minute walk from where she lives. The gym is 45 minutes away by bus (single trip) with a daily ticket price of $5.
The cafe offers her 4 shift hours per day, five days per week and pays her $20 per hour. While working at the cafe Anna can also have
three cups of free coffee each week. Alternatively, the gym offers her 4 shift hours per day, four days per week and pays her $30 per
hour and she can enjoy 20% discount off the gym membership. If Anna will take one and only one of the jobs, the opportunity cost of
taking the barista job is $_
leisure time, plus _
480, +1 hour, three cups of coffee
' 460, +1 hour, 20% discount off membership
460, 0 hour, 20% discount off membership
480, -1 hour, three cups of coffee](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa1e16eb3-bde9-4a7d-aa7d-e0b22a0710e2%2F61170c6f-a42a-4d69-b0ac-805f920b99ce%2Fba2mjd_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose Anna is considering two job offers. She can choose to either work as a barista in a cafe or a coach in a gym. The cafe is only a
six-minute walk from where she lives. The gym is 45 minutes away by bus (single trip) with a daily ticket price of $5.
The cafe offers her 4 shift hours per day, five days per week and pays her $20 per hour. While working at the cafe Anna can also have
three cups of free coffee each week. Alternatively, the gym offers her 4 shift hours per day, four days per week and pays her $30 per
hour and she can enjoy 20% discount off the gym membership. If Anna will take one and only one of the jobs, the opportunity cost of
taking the barista job is $_
leisure time, plus _
480, +1 hour, three cups of coffee
' 460, +1 hour, 20% discount off membership
460, 0 hour, 20% discount off membership
480, -1 hour, three cups of coffee
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