In a small town, there's a mousepad factory which employs workers at $8 an hour, for forty- hour weeks. There is an old composer in town, who expects to complete anopera in a year's time. On the other hand, if he were not composing, he would give harp lessons, and charge his students $15 an hour. What is his opportunity cost inwriting his opera? Explain the assumptions you made in deriving this answer.
In a small town, there's a mousepad factory which employs workers at $8 an hour, for forty- hour weeks. There is an old composer in town, who expects to complete anopera in a year's time. On the other hand, if he were not composing, he would give harp lessons, and charge his students $15 an hour. What is his opportunity cost inwriting his opera? Explain the assumptions you made in deriving this answer.
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