Rather Than Go Out to Eat by Yourself, You Decide

question 220

Essay

Rather than go out to eat by yourself, you decide to stay at home and fix dinner for yourself and your two roommates. Your roommates applaud your decision. Your first roommate tells you that your decision to eat at home has no opportunity cost because you already have all the dinner ingredients in your pantry. Is this roommate's comment correct?

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Definitions:

Discounts

Reductions to the selling price of goods or services, often used as a sales strategy to encourage purchases.

Purchased Merchandise

The act of buying goods for sale, often regarded as inventory in the books of a retailer or distributor.

Receiving Report

A document used in businesses to record the receipt of goods from a supplier, detailing quantities and condition of the items.

Merchandise Inventory

Products a business maintains with the intent to sell to consumers as part of its regular operations.