Scarcity and Opportunity Cost Flashcardziz

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These are the things we desire to have.

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Wants

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Because of scarcity, people are forced to make _________ about how to use resources.

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Choices

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In economics a decision is free if:

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A decision is never free. There is usually an alternative which results in an opportunity cost. Not free.

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The opportunity cost of a good is

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the alternative goods forgone.

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Amber was shopping at the mall with $80. She found three items: $75 for shoes, $70 for a jacket, and $62 for a dress. After deciding to borrow shoes and buy the jacket, what was her opportunity cost?

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Dress

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What was Tom's opportunity cost after selecting the Ford over the Honda?

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Honda

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What is it called if we ran out of coffee creamer?

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Scarcity

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Limited Resources + Unlimited Wants =

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Scarcity

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A trade-off is

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an alternative that we sacrifice when we make a decision.

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Which of the following best describes the relationship between trade offs and opportunity cost? Options: opportunity costs happen because of trade offs, opportunity costs are the opposite of trade offs, trade offs lower the opportunity cost of an economic decision, trade offs occur when there are no opportunity costs

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opportunity costs happen because of trade offs