A biotechnology firm purchased an inventory of test tubes at a price of $0.50 per tube at

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A biotechnology firm purchased an inventory of test tubes at a price of $0.50 per tube at some point in the past. It plans to use these tubes to clone snake cells. Explain why the opportunity cost of using these test tubes might not equal the price at which they were acquired.
Opportunity Cost
Opportunity cost is the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another. The Opportunity Cost refers to the expected returns from the second best alternative use of resources that are foregone due to the scarcity of resources such as land,...
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0073375854

2nd edition

Authors: Douglas Bernheim, Michael Whinston

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