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Economic Definition of production possibilities opportunity cost. Defined.

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Term production possibilities opportunity cost Definition: The production possibilities analysis, which is the alternative combinations of two goods that an economy can produce with given resources and technology, can be used to illustrate opportunity cost--the highest valued alternative foregone in the pursuit of an activity.

 

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