Charu can earn $200 an hour playing online poker. If she spends an hour in the backyard, she can rake up 2 bags of leaves. Her opportunity cost of playing online poker is measured in units of

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The opportunity cost of playing online poker for Charu is what she gives up to play poker instead of another activity, in this case, raking leaves. Since she could have raked up 2 bags of leaves in the hour she spent playing poker, her opportunity cost is measured in how many bags of leaves she could have collected per hour, which is "bags per hour."

Charu Can Earn $200 an Hour Playing Online Poker