What is the opportunity cost of selling

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Assume you could either open a lemonade stand near a college campus and sell 80 cups of lemonade for $0.50 per cup in one day or open a stand selling brownies and sell 60 brownies in one day for $1 each. In terms of dollar, what would be your opportunity cost of selling lemonade for one day? What's the opportunity cost of selling only brownies for one day? Which should you choose?

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