Problems 5-1 through 5-2 (Graded) 5-1 Earned Value Calculation You are 4 months into a 6 month project. The project is linear‚ which means that the progress and spending occurs at a constant rate. Our crack project team of highly skilled associates has worked diligently and put in extra hours to keep the project going. Our accounting department has provided the following data at the end of month 4: Actual cost to date = $79‚800 (This is what I actually spent by the end of month 4) Planned
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Scarcity of resources is one of the more basic concepts of economics. Scarcity needs trade-offs‚ and trade-offs result in an opportunity cost. While the cost of a good or service often is thought of in monetary terms‚ the opportunity cost of a decision is based on what must be given up as a result of the decision. Any decision that involves a choice between two or more options has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost‚ scarcity and trade-off are important in our daily life because it affects us
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Opportunity cost Have you ever been in the situation deciding which cloth to buy? Have you ever facing the dilemma of to study or to play? Have you ever consider as a seller and choose to lower the price or raise it? In the field of economics‚ here’s a solution for you. The magic word is “opportunity cost”. Opportunity cost in terms of economy is the highest-value alternative one has to give up to engage in an activity. In other words‚ using the same resources such as money and time‚ the best
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Opportunity costs The first opportunity cost that I made was choosing to enroll in a university that offers online courses or going to a traditional university that only has classroom style learning. The pros of attending online for me included not having to commute back and forth 40 additional miles per day‚ not having to hire a babysitter for my child‚ and I’d be in the comfort of my own home or environment to my liking when I studied. The cons included‚ not having that social connection to my
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Discuss the opportunity cost of getting your MBA. What steps and economic factors must a student make when choosing between getting a degree and taking another route in life? Feel free to include aspects from your own decision to pursue your MBA. When considering to starting an MBA program‚ there are many questions that you have to ask yourself. Can I afford the program? Will it help me to become more marketable in the job industry? Will I have time to dedicate into completing coursework?
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whether each of the following transactions takes place in the factor market or the product market. a. Billy buys a sofa from Home Time Furniture for his new home. Factor market b. Home Time Furniture pays its manager her weekly salary. Product market c. The manager buys dinner at Billy’s Café. Product market d. After he pays all of his employees their wages and pays his other bills‚ the owner of Billy’s Café takes his profit. Factor market 2. List the opportunity costs of the following: a
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Any monetary costs from going skiing‚ as well as anything you lose by going skiing‚ wages or time studying. The cost of skiing instead of going to the library to study is the costs associated with skiing along with the knowledge that could of be gained by going to the library. Since the cost of going to the library cannot be measured in monetary terms‚ it will vary from person to person. A person who needs to study for a final to be taken on Monday may give up more than someone who is going to the
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supplies price rises every so often. 2.) Define opportunity cost. What is the opportunity cost to you of attending college? What was your opportunity cost of coming to class today? The opportunity cost of an item is what you give up to get that item. I’m not really sure what opportunity cost of coming to class today‚ but once in done I’m sure I will know the opportunity cost it took to come to class. I don’t really think I had an opportunity cost to coming to class because I don’t work at the moment
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an opportunity cost rate? How is this rate used in discounted cash flow analysis‚ and where is it shown on a time line? Is this opportunity rate a single number that is used to evaluate all potential investment? The rate of return you would earn on an alternative investment of small risk if you don’t invest in the security under consideration. An opportunity cost is the difference in return between an investment that has chosen for investment and one that is inevitably gave up. For example‚ if
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Application of Opportunity Costs Donald G. Fox Sr. ECON220-1103A-24 Unit 1 IP AIU Online Michelle and James both‚ produce potatoes and chickens. Michelle can produce 200 potatoes and 50 chickens per year‚ and James can produce 80 potatoes and 40 chickens per year. What is Michelle ’s opportunity cost of producing potatoes? If opportunity costs‚ is opportunity lost‚ then Michelle devoting 100% of her time to produce 200 potatoes her cost would be 100% loss of 50 chickens. What is Michelle
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