The opportunity cost in this scenario is the three lost opportunities Harry experiences by deciding to go to his parents house. The term opportunity cost refers to <em>the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. </em>The potential gain Harry may have lost by choosing to go to his parents for dinner instead could be <em>relaxation while fishing, His house painting being finished, and time spent with his friends at the birthday party. </em>These all can be considers lost opportunity due to choosing an alternate opportunity, that being dinner at his parents.
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The main goal was to secure commercial and trade links with African societies and protect those links from from other European competitors. And to facilitate the acquisition of as much foreign territory as possible, both as a source of raw materials and in order to provide real or potential markets for British manufactures.
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Switzerland is correct answer.
Switzerland is a country it has a direct democracy.
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