What Is the Term for the Amount of Money That

question 101

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the amount of money that a wheat farmer could have earned if he had planted barley instead of wheat

• A)an explicit cost
• B)an accounting cost
• C)an implicit cost
• D)forgone accounting profit

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Definitions:

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