Dent 'n' Scratch Used Cars and Trucks employs 3 salesmen. Data for their sales last month are shown in this table: $\begin{array}{l|r|r|r}
\hline & \text { Cars Sold } & \text { Trucks Sold } \
\hline \text { Larry } & 10 & 5 \
\hline \text { Joe } & 9 & 9 \
\hline \text { Ralph } & 3 & 12 \
\hline
\end{array}$

Based on last month's data, Larry's opportunity cost of selling a truck is selling:

Question

Dent 'n' Scratch Used Cars and Trucks employs 3 salesmen. Data for their sales last month are shown in this table: $\begin{array}{l|r|r|r}
\hline & \text { Cars Sold } & \text { Trucks Sold } \
\hline \text { Larry } & 10 & 5 \
\hline \text { Joe } & 9 & 9 \
\hline \text { Ralph } & 3 & 12 \
\hline
\end{array}$
  
Based on last month's data, Larry's opportunity cost of selling a truck is selling:

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Larry sold 10 cars and 5 trucks, so for every truck sold, he could have sold 2 cars instead. Thus, the opportunity cost of selling a truck is 2 cars.

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