Question

Winona and Hubert need to decide which one of them will take time off from work to complete the rather urgent task of shearing their llamas. Winona is pretty good with a pair of shears; she can shear the llamas in 1 hour. Hubert is somewhat slow; it takes him 9 hours to shear the llamas. Winona earns $200 per hour as a psychiatrist, while Hubert earns $25 per hour as a cobbler. Keeping in mind that either Winona or Hubert must take time off from work to shear the llamas, who has the lowest opportunity cost of completing the task

Answer 1

Answer: Winona has the lowest opportunity cost of completing the task.

Explanation:

Based on the information given in the question, the opportunity cost will be calculated as:

= Earnings per hour × Hours taken to complete the task

Therefore, for Winona, the opportunity cost will be:

= 1 × $200.

= $200.

For Hubert, the opportunity cost will be:

= 9 × $25

= $225

Therefore, based on the calculation above, Winona has the lowest opportunity cost of completing the task.