Question

If it takes 32 farmworkers to harvest 1 ton of strawberries and 16 farmworkers to harvest 1 ton of wheat, what is the opportunity cost of 10 tons of strawberries?

Answer 1

20 tons of wheat

Step-by-step explanation:

32 farm workers x 10 tons of strawberries = 320 / 16 = 20 tons of wheat

OR

32 workers / 16 farm workers = 2

2 x 10 = 20 tons of wheat

Answer 2

The opportunity cost of 10 tons of strawberries is 160 farmworkers

Step-by-step explanation:

When harvest strawberries, farmworkers can not harvest wheat. The opportunity cost to harvest strawberries is the cost to harvest wheat. The opportunity cost of 10 tons of strawberries is the cost to harvest of 10 tons of wheat.

It takes 16 farmworkers to harvest 1 ton of wheat.

The opportunity cost of 10 tons of strawberries = 16 x 10 = 160 farmworkers