Barb’s aunt gave her $100 for her birthday with the condition that barb buy herself something. in deciding how to spend the money, barb narrows her options down to four choices: option a, option b, option c, and option d. each option costs $100. finally she decides on option b. the opportunity cost of this decision is
a. the value to barb of options a, c and d combined.
b. $100.
c. the average of the values to barb of options a, c, and d.
d. the value to barb of the option she would have chosen had option b not been available.

The correct answer is option d.

Explanation:

Barb’s aunt gave her $100 for her birthday with the condition that Barb buys herself something.  

Barb narrows her options down to four choices: Option A, Option B, Option C, and Option D.

The cost of each option is $100.  

She finally decides to go for option B.  

In this situation, her opportunity cost for choosing option B will be the second-best alternative or the value of the option she would have chosen had Option B not been available.

Opportunity cost of an economic decision is the the cost of second best alternative that the person has to give up in the process of making decision.

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