Question

"Jane wins $100,000 in the lottery and immediately uses her winnings to open a donut shop. Her direct costs for the first year are $50,000. Alternatively, Jane could have placed her lottery winnings in a savings account earning 10 percent annual interest. Jane's total cost is"

Answer 1

Jane's total cost is $60,000.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because of the phenomenon called Opportunity Cost.

Simply put, opportunity cost is the cost of the next best alternative use of resources when a choice is made at the detriment of another.

We can also define it by saying, Opportunity Cost is the forgone alternative.

So we know she spent $50,000 to start her business, but would have made 10% of $100,000 which is $10,000 which is the opportunity cost, she has incurred a total cost of $60,000.