Opportunity Cost By Kent

Nov 19, 2014

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Opportunity Cost By Kent. One day I went to the store. And I wanted to get a skateboard and a sword but I had $2.00 and the sword and skateboard cost $2.00 each. So I picked the skateboard. What was my opportunity cost. The Sword.

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Opportunity Cost By Kent
One day I went to the store.
And I wanted to get a skateboard and a sword but I had $2.00 and the sword and skateboard cost $2.00 each.
So I picked the skateboard.
What was my opportunity cost
The Sword

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