How are money cost and opportunity cost related to each other?   a. Opportunity cost must always exceed money cost.   b. They are always identical in any economic system.   c. If markets function well, they are closely related.   d. In a market economy, they must be equal to each other.   e. Money cost is greater than or equal to opportunity cost.

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How are money cost and opportunity cost related to each other?
  a.
Opportunity cost must always exceed money cost.
  b.
They are always identical in any economic system.
  c.
If markets function well, they are closely related.
  d.
In a market economy, they must be equal to each other.
  e.
Money cost is greater than or equal to opportunity cost.
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