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A market gardener has one greenhouse bay to plant this season. The gardener ranks three possible crops for it: tomatoes first, cucumbers second and peppers third. The gardener decides to grow tomatoes in the bay.

Explain the opportunity cost of this choice.

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1.2 The basic economic problem Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.2 The basic economic problem

77 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 1.2 The basic economic problem, covering 1.2.1 Scarce resources and unlimited wants, 1.2.2 The economic problem, 1.2.3 Opportunity cost, and 1.2.4 Costs and benefits of economic choices. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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