A manufacturing plant owner is concerned about climate change. For cleaner emissions, he chooses expensive wind energy for power instead of cheaper coal. As a result, the company pays higher energy bills to keep making the same products. What is the opportunity cost resulting from this company’s choice?

A) The company gives up the money that would be saved by using coal.
B) The company gives up the chance to reduce production to save money.
C) An entire new plant is built using money that could have been saved by using coal.
D) The company loses the ability to build new coal-powered machinery.

Read this passage: he put in his finger, and drew out a nose! ivan jakovlevitch at first let his hands fall from sheer astonishment; then he rubbed his eyes and began to feel it. a nose, an actual nose; and, moreover, it seemed to be the nose of an acquaintance! alarm and terror were depicted in ivan's face; but these feelings were slight in comparison with the disgust which took possession of his wife. "whose nose have you cut off, you monster? " she screamed, her face red with anger. "you scoundrel! you tippler! i myself will report you to the police! such a rascal! many customers have told me that while you were shaving them, you held them so tight by the nose that they could hardly sit still." nikolai gogol, "the nose" how is this passage from "the nose" typical of the genre of magical realism? a. ivan and his wife wonder how a nose came to be alive and in the bread. b. ivan is angry at those who have more money than he does, but he doesn't know what to do about it. c. ivan and his wife are shocked to see the nose, but they don't question where it came from. d. ivan's wife yells at her husband, but she really loves him and is frightened at what he's done.