Conan O'Brien hosts the Conan show and Andy Richter, his sidekick, writes for it. Conan needs 4 hours to host a good show. It takes Andy 10 hours to do the same. Conan writes one usable joke in an hour, but Andy needs 2 hours to do the same. If they both were given 10 hours, Andy's opportunity cost of writing a single usable joke is: A. 0.2 unit of hosting. B. 0.25 unit of hosting. C. 0.5 unit of hosting. D. 1 unit of hosting.

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Juan Alexander

1 October, 10:56

Conan O'Brien hosts the Conan show and Andy Richter, his sidekick, writes for it. Conan needs 4 hours to host a good show. It takes Andy 10 hours to do the same. Conan writes one usable joke in an hour, but Andy needs 2 hours to do the same. If they both were given 10 hours, Andy's opportunity cost of writing a single usable joke is: A. 0.2 unit of hosting. B. 0.25 unit of hosting. C. 0.5 unit of hosting. D. 1 unit of hosting.

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Kaylynn Buckley · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The opportunity cost is the alternative that a person sacrifices when another alternative is chosen. In this case, Andy can choose either to host a show or to write jokes. In hour he can make 1/2 jokes (because he needs 2 hours to write 1 joke) and in 1 hour he can also make 1/10 units of hosting (because he needs 10 hours to host one good show). If he decides to make one joke, he will spend 2 hours, in which he could host 2/10 (2 * (1/10)) shows. Then, Andy's opportunity cost is 0.2 units of hosting