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Opportunity costs are a result of __________.

A
scarcity
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B
overproduction
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technology obsolescence
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abundance of resources
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Solution

The correct option is A scarcity
The cost of the next best alternative foregone is termed as opportunity cost. Opportunity cost, in terms of production of a commodity refers to the resources which the producer has to sacrifice in terms of the next best alternative which could have been produced using them, in order to produce every unit of the given commodity.
Therefore, opportunity cost is a result of scarcity of resources in the economy.

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