ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A student spends three hours and $20 at the movies the night before an exam. The opportunity cost is time spent studying and that money to spend on something else. A farmer chooses to plant wheat; the opportunity cost is planting a different crop, or an alternate use of the resources (land and farm equipment).

Detailed explanation-2: -Opportunity Cost Example Deciding whether to spend a gift card on a strawberry smoothie or a banana smoothie. Deciding whether to spend $7 every morning on coffee or consistently invest that money in a retirement account. Deciding whether to invest capital in refurbishing equipment or in better employee training.

Detailed explanation-3: -The two types of opportunity costs are explicit opportunity cost and implicit opportunity cost.

Detailed explanation-4: -And the wants that can be satisfied with goods and services of any kind are economic wants. Like for example food, shelter, clothing, etc are economic human wants. And those which cannot be bought are non-economic wants like peace, love, affection, etc. All human wants to have some basic common characteristics.