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s we learned in the video, Sheldon is trying to decide between purchasing an XBox and purchasing a PlayStation. nd cons. Sheldon is willing to pay up to $300 for the XBox, which costs $279. He is willing to pay up to $575 for the costs $559. Regardless of which game system he buys, Sheldon plans to purchase a third-party warranty for $20. Le opportunity cost of purchasing each system. 13th attempt Part 1 (3.3 points) What is Sheldon's opportunity cost if he buys the XBox? $

          s we learned in the video, Sheldon is trying to decide between purchasing an XBox and purchasing a PlayStation.
nd cons. Sheldon is willing to pay up to $300 for the XBox, which costs $279. He is willing to pay up to $575 for the
costs $559. Regardless of which game system he buys, Sheldon plans to purchase a third-party warranty for $20. Le
opportunity cost of purchasing each system.
13th attempt
Part 1 (3.3 points)
What is Sheldon's opportunity cost if he buys the XBox? $
        
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s we learned in the video, Sheldon is trying to decide between purchasing an XBox and purchasing a PlayStation.
nd cons. Sheldon is willing to pay up to 300 for the XBox, which costs279. He is willing to pay up to 575 for the
costs559. Regardless of which game system he buys, Sheldon plans to purchase a third-party warranty for 20. Le
opportunity cost of purchasing each system.
13th attempt
Part 1 (3.3 points)
What is Sheldon's opportunity cost if he buys the XBox?

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As we learned in the video, Sheldon is trying to decide between purchasing an XBox and purchasing a PlayStation. Sheldon is willing to pay up to $300 for the XBox, which costs $279. He is willing to pay up to $575 for the PlayStation, which costs $559. Regardless of which game system he buys, Sheldon plans to purchase a third-party warranty for $20. Calculate the opportunity cost of purchasing each system. 13th attempt Part 1 (3.3 points) What is Sheldon's opportunity cost if he buys the XBox? $
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00:01 So for the first one, to calculate the sheldon's possible price for every device, anyone wants to determine what the person offers by selecting one machine over the other.
00:16 Other so in this case we have value of the xbox to sheldon is $300 the person's willing to pay cost of xbox is $249 cost of the 1 3rd but this celebration guarantee is $20 and total fee of xbox with guarantee is $249 plus $20 so that is two to sixty nine dollars so opportunity fee is calculated as value of place playstation plus total value of xbox with guarantee so that is minus so so value of playstation is 500 minus 269 so that will be 231 dollars.
02:16 And second value of playstation to sheldon is 500 dollars.
02:33 Cost of playstation is $499.
02:41 Cost of 1 3rd party warranty is $20...
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