Vic’s mart collects $700 of its accounts receivable. the expanded accounting equation

1. Trade off

2. Opportunity cost

3. Cost-benefit analysis

4. Diminishing marginal utility

Explanation:

1. Giving up one benefit or advantage to gain another regarded as more favorable is called trade-off. Every economic decision involves some trade-off.

2. Opportunity cost is the second-best alternative or value of the alternative, that must be given up when making a choice. Because of scarce resources with alternative uses allocation of resources involves some opportunity cost.

3. Cost-benefit analysis can be defined as the process of examining the benefits and costs of each available alternative in arriving at a decision. Resources are allocated efficiently if the cost incurred and benefit earned is equal.

4. As we go on increasing the quantity consumed of a product, the marginal utility or satisfaction earned from its consumption goes on decreasing. This is called diminishing marginal utility.