Debra Is About to Get Married for the Second Time

question 18

Multiple Choice

Debra is about to get married for the second time.Her first marriage lasted only two years,and was really a rather unhappy relationship from start to finish.When she thinks back on those times,she wonders why she ever got married at all.According to research

• A) her second marriage is likely to be pretty much as happy as her first marriage was.
• B) she will have learned a lot of lessons from her first marriage, making her second marriage far more likely to succeed.
• C) her second marriage will only have a good chance of succeeding if she has no children from her first marriage.
• D) her second marriage will be complicated by the leftover feelings that she has from her first marriage, because studies show that a minimum of 5 years is needed between marriages to make a second marriage work.

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Definitions:

Opportunity Costs

The value of the best alternative that must be foregone as a result of choosing a particular option.

Forgoing

The act of giving up something, typically as a sacrifice or in order to choose another option.

Activity

The engagement in tasks or actions aimed at achieving a certain objective or result.

Economic Perspective

A viewpoint that emphasizes analyzing problems and making decisions based on economic principles and models.