Claire is on her way to her job at a call center where she was planning on spending three hours. She can drop in and work any hour she wants to and earn $12 per hour. Her friend calls and invites her to spend the next three hours bungee jumping. Claire decides to go with her friend, which tells us Claire's opportunity cost of working for three hours is:

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Aussie

14 March, 05:28

Claire is on her way to her job at a call center where she was planning on spending three hours. She can drop in and work any hour she wants to and earn $12 per hour. Her friend calls and invites her to spend the next three hours bungee jumping. Claire decides to go with her friend, which tells us Claire's opportunity cost of working for three hours is:

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Damian Pena · Answer 1

It should be greater than $36

Explanation:

The opportunity cost of working is the amount of money sacrificed or could have earned if the individual was not working. In this case, Claire has decided to go with her friend which means that the opportunity cost of not working is less than the benefits receives from going out. Because she is not working it means that the opportunity cost of working is more than 36 dollars, which is the income she could have earned in 3 hours.