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What is Opportunity cost?

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › What is Opportunity cost?

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  • December 20, 2020 at 1:07 pm #600385
    AshleyMarc1997
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    Can you please explain to me what is an opportunity cost with the example?
    I’m struggling with this in the relevant cost chapter because I could not understand the reason behind why we include that as a relevant cost in the calculation.

    All I know is that ‘opportunity cost is related to a work that we have discontinued to work on another project’. Is it right?

    If you can help me how would you understand the opportunity cost.

    December 20, 2020 at 4:13 pm #600398
    John Moffat
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    An opportunity cost is income lost as a result of doing something.

    I do explain this (with examples) in Chapter 9 of our free lecture notes and in the free lectures working through this chapter.

    December 25, 2020 at 9:32 pm #600862
    Syed Ahsan Ali
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    🙂

    December 26, 2020 at 9:33 am #600884
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome!

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