Have you ever walked into a restaurant for lunch and found it almost empty? Why, you might ask, does the restaurant even bother to stay open? It might seem that the revenue from so few customers could possible cover the cost of running the restaurant. Provide an opinion using the concepts of sunk costs, marginal cost and marginal revenue.

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