Question

You decided to take a college accounting course to brush up on your knowledge of the language of business. The tuition expense was $500. After the date has expired to receive a refund for the course, you are offered a job that would conflict with your class time. In making the decision to accept or decline the offer, the $500 is:_______.

Answer 1

Answer:

The $500 is the opportunity cost.

Explanation:

The sunk cost can be defined as a cost that has already been incurred. Such as cost can no longer be recovered. A sunk cost is considered to be irrelevant and is excluded from decision making.  

If an individual decided to take an accounting course and paid the tuition fee of $500 and gets a job offer later. If he/she decides to take up the job the tuition fee paid will be the sunk cost which cannot be recovered anymore.