Question

Juanita makes $42 an hour at work. She has to take time off work to purchase her skirt, so each hour away from work costs her $42 in lost income. Assume that returning to work takes Juanita the same amount of time as getting to a store and that it takes her 30 minutes to shop. As you answer the following questions, ignore the cost of gasoline and depreciation of her car when traveling.Complete the following table by computing the opportunity cost of Juanita's time and the total cost of shopping at each location. Opportunity Cost of Time Price of a Skirt Total CostStore (Dollars) (Dollars per skirt) (Dollars)Local Department Store 102 Across Town 85 Neighboring City 76 Assume that Juanita takes opportunity costs and the price of the skirt into consideration when she shops. Juanita will minimize the cost of the skirt.

Answer 1

Answer:

It will purchase at the local store at an economic cost of $123

Explanation:

Answer:

It will puchase the skirt across town as it has the less economic cost.

Explanation:

We are going to add up the opportunity cost (lost wages) to the cost of the skirt:

place          travel-time Price Cost to travel Economic Cost

local store       30  $ 102.00   $ 21.00   $ 123.00

across town       60  $ 85.00   $ 42.00   $  127.00

neighboring city 120  $ 76.00   $ 84.00   $ 160.00

*travel-time we multiple the time it took each eway by 2

**The  cost to travle will be Juanitas wages per hour ($42) times the travel-time/ 60

That's because the wages are express in hours and the travel time in minutes so we convert into hours

Then, the economic cost is the sum of the value of the skirt and the lost wages.

Juanita, as a rational consumer will chose to purchase at the lower cost.