If your tuition is $2,000 this semester, your books cost $400, you can only work 10 rather than 40 hours per week during the 15

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If your tuition is $2,000 this semester, your books cost $400, you can only work 10 rather than 40 hours per week during the 15

weeks you are taking classes and you make $12 per hour, and your room and board is $4,000 this semester (same as if not attending college), then your opportunity cost of attending college this semester is

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Juli2301 [7.4K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-31T18:30:42+03:00

Opportunity cost is computed as the difference between the present worth and the cost. present worth is the product of $12 and 10 hours * 15 weeks while the cost includes the tuition cost, books cost and the board cost. The cost has a total of <span>$2,000 + $400 + $4000 equal to $6400. The difference is equal to $4600</span>