Farmer brian has 3 acres of land which he farms efficiently. each acre can support 10 apple trees. however the 3 acres differ in their ability to support orange trees. he can grow 30 orange trees on the best land, 20 orange trees on the ok land, and 10 orange trees on the bad land. if he initially has all is land growing apples, what would be the opportunity cost of growing an orange tree

According to the question, the 3 acres of land can support 10 apple trees irrespective of the land quality.

But there is an issue in cultivating orange trees because it requires some land of good quality for better production results.

Opprtunity cost is sacrifying return from one project to attain the return from the another project.

This means opportunity cost of growing 30 orange tree on the best land is 30 apple tree, growing 20 orange trees on ok land is 30 apple tree and growing 10 orange trees on bad land is also 30 apple trees.  

So from the opportunity cost scenario, it is better to cultivate orange only if the price and land quality is best otherwise, apple trees are the best option here.

the correct answer is economics is a game without winners or losers.

unlike sports or games economic is a game without losers or winner rather it is a game where everyone wins. parties of business doing businesses exchange money with each other and hence exchange is done on the basis of goods. one party takes the goods and other sales it so there is winner on both sides. each party values more highly the good it gets than the good it gives up. both sides exchange only because both intend to increase their value. so there is no concept of lose or win.