You Can Make Four Trips to the Garden Center with Your

question 31

Essay

You can make four trips to the garden center with your pickup truck and haul it yourself.It will cost you $75 per load for the mulch,plus $25 in fuel and truck wear per load.You estimate it will take about five hours to haul and unload all four loads.
What is the full cost of each method? Which method is cheaper? How is opportunity cost relevant?

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