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Define opportunity cost and give an example of how opportunity costs might affect your financial decision making.

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Answer:When economists refer to the “opportunity cost” of a resource, they mean the value of the next-highest-valued alternative use of that resource. If, for example, you spend time and money going to a movie, you cannot spend that time at home reading a book, and you can't spend the money on something else.

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