Refer to the accompanying figure. For Pat, the opportunity cost of planting one bulb is removing:     

A. 5 bags of trash.
B. 1/20 of a bag of trash.
C. 20 bags of trash.
D. 1/5 of a bag of trash.


Answer: D

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