Question

In 2016, David Hay started his own business, Hays Gardening and Landscapes. David was previously an employer of another business/
a) What was the opportunity costs for David when he started his business?

A. Cost of marketing to attract customers.

B. Loss of earnings from employment

C. Payment of taxes on profits

D. Risk of business failure

ANSWER:

b) Explain why this answer is correct?

Answer 1

Answer: B. Loss of earnings from employment

Explanation:

The opportunity cost of choosing a course of action is the returns that you would have earned from choosing the next best action.

David was employed and yet decided to quit that job and start a business. The next best thing he could have been doing was working which means that the opportunity cost was the returns from working which was his salary.

In deciding to open up his own businesses, he had to forego the opportunity costs which meant that he lost the earnings from that his employment.