A person has a choice between an apple or an orange. The person chooses the apple. What is the opportunity cost of choosing the apple?

Opportunity cost is the value of the next-best alternative that is given up when making a choice. By choosing the apple, the person gives up the orange, so the opportunity cost is the value of what was not chosen. The utility of the apple is a benefit of the choice, not its opportunity cost.

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