Your friend is thinking of opening a video store. She estimates it would cost $500,000 a year to rent the store and buy video stock. She is planning to quit her $50,000 a year job as an accountant to run the store. Her opportunity cost of opening the store is
a. $500,000
b. $550,000
c. $50,000
d. $450,000
e. $60,000
b. $550,000
OC = both explicit & implicit costs OC = 500,000 + 50,000 = 550,000
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