<p>It seems the instructor is referring to the opp. cost of giving up the profit from selling x amount of apples. Which would be an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost isn't strictly alternative based, for example: If I'm selling 10 apples today, the opportunity cost of be only selling 9 apples tomorrow is whatever profit I stand to lose from not selling the 10th apple tomorrow. </p>

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@Clinical-Coder Thanks, just to clarify, is the vertical distance between the x axis and supply curve the opportunity cost? Would that mean the selling price is equal to the opportunity cost?
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<p>If you can do A or B and make gain of a  or b,  then the opportunity cost of doing B would be b-a.  If a were larger then doing B would result in an opportunity loss.  </p>

<p>Alternatively if you do nothing then the opportunity cost would be the larger of a or b which you could have made by doing A or B instead of nothing. </p>

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<p>In this video (<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KEYYN-a_x6E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KEYYN-a_x6E</a>), the instructor talks about the marginal opportunity cost and supply curve. (Begins talking about it at after 1:50).</p>

<p>He states that the opportunity cost of giving up a quantity of apples (what she is selling) is the opportunity cost.</p>

<p>Is this correct? I thought the opportunity cost is the cost of giving up alternative things. But he plots the points of "giving up an apple' on the marginal opportunity cost curve, even though she is selling apples, so wouldn't that not be the opportunity cost.</p>

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Is it correct to say opportunity cost is cost of giving up quantity of what you are selling?
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# Is it correct to say opportunity cost is cost of giving up quantity of what you are selling?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-25)

In this video (<https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KEYYN-a_x6E>), the instructor talks about the marginal opportunity cost and supply curve. (Begins talking about it at after 1:50).

He states that the opportunity cost of giving up a quantity of apples (what she is selling) is the opportunity cost.

Is this correct? I thought the opportunity cost is the cost of giving up alternative things. But he plots the points of "giving up an apple' on the marginal opportunity cost curve, even though she is selling apples, so wouldn't that not be the opportunity cost.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-25. Score: 1

It seems the instructor is referring to the opp. cost of giving up the profit from selling x amount of apples. Which would be an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost isn't strictly alternative based, for example: If I'm selling 10 apples today, the opportunity cost of be only selling 9 apples tomorrow is whatever profit I stand to lose from not selling the 10th apple tomorrow.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: @username_1 Thanks, just to clarify, is the vertical distance between the x axis and supply curve the opportunity cost? Would that mean the selling price is equal to the opportunity cost?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-12-02. Score: -1

If you can do A or B and make gain of a or b, then the opportunity cost of doing B would be b-a. If a were larger then doing B would result in an opportunity loss.

Alternatively if you do nothing then the opportunity cost would be the larger of a or b which you could have made by doing A or B instead of nothing.


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