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Response Sheet Question. 8/23/13.

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Response Sheet Question

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  1. Response Sheet Question 8/23/13 Frank is planning on becoming a chef when he graduates but he doesn’t know if he wants to go straight to work or go to culinary school. He knows he’ll be a better chef and have better job opportunities if he goes to school. but it costs $50,000 dollars for two years. In two years he figures he could make $36,000 working and have two years cooking experience. 1. What is Franks Opportunity Cost of going to culinary school? 2. What is one opportunity cost situation that you have experienced recently? 3. Is using Opportunity Cost in your own life worth it? Why or why not?

  2. Response Sheet Question 8/23/13 Please read the article “Hidden Costs, exposed”. 1. List two examples of opportunity cost described in the article. 2. List two opportunity costs situations you have experienced recently or foresee in the future. 3. Is looking at situations through the lens of opportunity costs useful? Why or why not?

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  4. Beyond Opportunity Cost We’ve been discussing Opportunity Cost, what you give up when you make a choice with you resources. or black and white. Another tool used by economists, and you too, is something called Marginal Analysis. and This tool examines the effects of small increases or decreases to the situation.

  5. Let’s say a clothing company makes only t-shirts. By choosing to make t-shirts they don’t have the resources to make sweatshirts. That’s Opportunity Cost. But can they really not make any sweatshirts? Only 1! Under marginal analysis the clothing company might do a little math and realize if they reduce the number of t-shirts they make by 1000 a month, they can use those extra resources to make 500 sweatshirts. Both! Examining the tiny changes in how resources are used is known as Marginal Analysis.

  6. Often, people like to view marginal analysis visually and this results in a model known as a Production Possibilities Frontier (Curve). Now, there are rules to the PPC model. Making a PPF model assumes three things... 1. Fixed Resources: The quantities and quality of all resources stay the same. 2. Fully employed Resources: All of your resources are being used and are used efficiently. 3. Technology is unchanged: How the good is produced goes unchanged.

  7. Let’s give a Production Possibility Frontier a try! All of our resources T-shirts Per month - 40,000 Sweatshirts Per month - 10,000 a. All resources to T-shirts a 40 B. Drop T-shirts production by 10,000 b 30 c. Drop T-shirts production by 10,000 T-shirts (In 1000’s) c 20 d. Drop T-shirts production by 10,000 d 10 e 1 e. All Resources to Sweatshirts 0 1 3 5 7 10 Sweatshirts (In 1000’s) The effect of purchasing faster machines? This point is an Unattainable point The effect of having to lay off workers? This point is an Inefficient Point

  8. Now it’s your turn. Let’s say three guys are starting a business but they can’t decide between which kind, mowing lawns or washing cars. 10 hours Per hour Lawns Cars Lawns Larry 1 1 Moe 1 2 Curly 2 1 a. All Lawns Cars B. All Cars c. 50/50 Cars and Lawns d. Larry 50/50, Moe Cars, Curly Lawns

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