Question

Ramon and Sammy are working on a group homework assignment. The homework consists of a set of essay questions and a set of questions on graphing models. Ramon can finish an essay question in about 15 minutes and a graphing question in about 30 minutes. Sammy can finish an essay question in about 20 minutes and a graphing question in about 35 minutes. Assume that Ramon and Sammy produce the same quality answers. Calculate Ramon and Sammy's opportunity cost of each task. Please round each answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

It is given that Ramon would completed an essay question in approx 15 minutes and for graphing question it finished approx 30 minutes

On the other hand Sammy would completed an essay question in approx 20 minutes and for graphing question it finished approx 35 minutes

a) Ramon's opportunity cost of completing an essay question is

= 15 ÷30

= 0.5 graphing question

b) Ramon's opportunity cost of completing a graphing question is

= 30 ÷ 15

= 2 essay question

c) Sammy's opportunity cost of completing an essay question is

= 20 ÷ 35

= 0.57 graphing question

d) Sammy's opportunity cost of completing a graphing question is

= 35 ÷ 20

= 1.75 essay question