Frank owns an apple farm and plans to spend 4 hours today picking apples. The number of apples he can pick per hour depends on the total number of hours he spends working in either the east orchard or the west orchard in the manner shown in the table below. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \begin{array} { c }
\text { Hours in } \
\text { East } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Hours in } \
\text { West } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} \
\hline 1 & 40 & 1 & 10 \
\hline 2 & 32 & 2 & 10 \
\hline 3 & 25 & 3 & 10 \
\hline 4 & 20 & 4 & 10 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ What is the opportunity cost to Frank of spending an additional hour picking apples in the East orchard?

Question

Frank owns an apple farm and plans to spend 4 hours today picking apples. The number of apples he can pick per hour depends on the total number of hours he spends working in either the east orchard or the west orchard in the manner shown in the table below. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Hours in } \
\text { East } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Hours in } \
\text { West } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} \
\hline 1 & 40 & 1 & 10 \
\hline 2 & 32 & 2 & 10 \
\hline 3 & 25 & 3 & 10 \
\hline 4 & 20 & 4 & 10 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ What is the opportunity cost to Frank of spending an additional hour picking apples in the East orchard?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The opportunity cost is the number of apples Frank could have picked in the West orchard, which is 10 apples per hour.

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