Conan O'Brien Hosts the Conan Show and Andy Richter, His

question 87

Multiple Choice

Conan O'Brien hosts the Conan show and Andy Richter, his sidekick, writes for it. Conan needs 4 hours to rehearse and host a good show. It takes Andy 10 hours to do the same. Conan writes one usable joke in an hour, but Andy needs 2 hours to do the same. Andy's opportunity cost of rehearsing and hosting a show is:

• A) 0.2 usable jokes.
• B) 0.5 usable jokes.
• C) 4 usable jokes.
• D) 5 usable jokes.

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