Suppose that a worker in Country A can make either 25 bananas or 5 tomatoes each year.Country A has 200 workers.Suppose a worker in Country B can make either 18 bananas or 6 tomatoes each year.Country B has 400 workers.The opportunity cost of one tomato in Country A is:
A) 100 bananas.
B) 20 bananas.
C) 5 bananas.
D) 4 bananas.

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The opportunity cost of one tomato in Country A is the number of bananas that could have been produced instead. Since a worker can produce 25 bananas or 5 tomatoes, the opportunity cost of one tomato is 25 bananas / 5 tomatoes = 5 bananas.

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