Directions: Every decision we make has its trade-offs, or alternative choices that are given up in favor of the choices we select. Opportunity cost is the value of that next best alternative that you gave up. Read each scenario below and identify the trade off, and the opportunity cost. You must use the terms trade off and opportunity cost in your responses. 1. You decide to spend $15 at the Cheesecake factory with your friends instead of eating dinner with your family 2. You decide to spend $50 to go to a concert instead of studying for an economics test 3. You decide call out “sick” from work go see the Dodgers play in the playoffs.

Think about how the author structured the article you just read, then answer the question. what type of text structure does the author use in this article? the author uses a sequence of events to trace the development of democratic rule from ancient greece to the united states. the author presents a cause-and-effect relationship to explain how the first government created in athens resulted in the empire’s downfall. the author compares and contrasts ideas about government developed by two philosophers, plato and aristotle. the author describes the problems faced by the american founding fathers, and details the solutions proposed by plato and aristotle.ach characteristic of government to athens or rome