Raphael has plans to go to an opera and already has a $100 nonrefundable, nonexchangeable, and nontransferable ticket. Now Susan, whom Raphael has wanted to date for a long time, asks him to a party. Raphael would prefer to go to the party with Susan and forgo the opera, but he doesn't want to waste the $100 he spent on the opera ticket.
Raphael has plans to go to an opera and already has a $100 nonrefundable, nonexchangeable, and nontransferable ticket. Now Susan, whom Raphael has wanted to date for a long time, asks him to a party. Raphael would prefer to go to the party with Susan and forgo the opera, but he doesn't want to waste the $100 he spent on the opera ticket.
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Transcribed Image Text:Raphael has plans to go to an opera and already has a $100 nonrefundable, nonexchangeable, and nontransferable ticket. Now Susan, whom Raphael
has wanted to date for a long time, asks him to a party. Raphael would prefer to go to the party with Susan and forgo the opera, but he doesn't want
to waste the $100 he spent on the opera ticket.
From the perspective of an economist, if Raphael decides to go to the opera, what has he just done?
O Correctly ignored a sunk cost
Made an optimal choice
O Incorrectly allowed a sunk cost to influence his decision
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