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Question
Answer the following question.
Give one difference between accounting cost and opportunity cost.
Solution
Accounting Cost: This is the actual, numeric dollar amount that a firm (company) pays to run its business.
Opportunity Cost: This is the cost of choosing one thing over another.
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