Suppose That You Purchased a Ticket to a Jazz Festival

question 202

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you purchased a ticket to a jazz festival for $100 from an online ticket broker. Once you arrived at the festival, you discovered that parking costs you an additional $15. In this situation, the additional $15 you pay for parking is an example of

• A) an economic loss.
• B) opportunity cost.
• C) marginal cost.
• D) an inefficient cost.

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