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Suppose You Have Purchased a Nonrefundable Plane Ticket

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Suppose you have purchased a nonrefundable plane ticket. At the last moment, you cannot take the trip but can still sell the ticket. The cost of sending the ticket to someone through overnight mail is $20, and you have to spend $10 on a courier to get the ticket to the post office for overnight delivery. If you paid $700 for the ticket, which of the following is the minimum amount you should accept for the ticket?


A) $700, because that is what the ticket costs
B) $720, because that is the sum of the cost of the ticket and the cost of sending it to the buyer
C) $730, because that is the sum of the cost of the ticket and the cost of sending it to the buyer
D) More than $730, so that you can make a profit
E) $30, because the $700 is a sunk cost

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