Your brother gave you a ticket to a hockey game as a birthday gift. The ticket cost your brother $30. Your benefit from attending the game, expressed in dollars, is $47. On day of the game, you get a last-minute ticket to attend your favorite opera. The opera ticket costs $17 and you value watching the performance at $75. If you go to the opera, you can sell your hockey ticket online for $47. What is your opportunity cost of attending the hockey game instead of the opera? Enter a number only, without the $ sign.
Your brother gave you a ticket to a hockey game as a birthday gift. The ticket cost your brother $30. Your benefit from attending the game, expressed in dollars, is $47. On day of the game, you get a last-minute ticket to attend your favorite opera. The opera ticket costs $17 and you value watching the performance at $75. If you go to the opera, you can sell your hockey ticket online for $47. What is your opportunity cost of attending the hockey game instead of the opera? Enter a number only, without the $ sign.
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Transcribed Image Text:Your brother gave you a ticket to a hockey game as a birthday gift. The ticket cost your brother $30.
Your benefit from attending the game, expressed in dollars, is $47. On day of the game, you get a
last-minute ticket to attend your favorite opera. The opera ticket costs $17 and you value watching
the performance at $75. If you go to the opera, you can sell your hockey ticket online for $47. What
is your opportunity cost of attending the hockey game instead of the opera? Enter a number only,
without the $ sign.
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If you attend the hockey game you are giving up the chance to sell the hockey ticket and
attend the opera. The value of attending the opera is $75, but you have to subtract off the
cost of opera ticket and add in the extra money you get from selling the hockey ticket.
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