Consider the Following Scenario to Answer the Questions That Follow

question 119

Multiple Choice

Consider the following scenario to answer the questions that follow.
Two friends, Rachel and Joey, enjoy baking bread and making apple pies. Rachel takes two hours to bake one loaf of bread and one hour to make one pie. Joey takes four hours to bake one loaf of bread and four hours to make one pie.
-What is Rachel's opportunity cost of baking a pie?

• A) 2 pies
• B) 1 pie
• C) 1 loaf of bread
• D) 1/2 loaf of bread
• E) 2 loaves of bread

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