Suppose Shawna decides to bake coffee cake muffins. Which result would be a cost?
Shawna will give up some muffins. She could have made more cranberry muffins than coffee cake muffins. Shawna will get to eat coffee cake muffins. She thinks coffee cake muffins are tastier than cranberry muffins.
Shawna is deciding whether to bake coffee cake muffins or cranberry muffins. She wants the muffins to be tasty. But she also wants to make a lot of muffins.
Before you decide to do something, it is often helpful to list costs and benefits.
Costs are what you give up or spend when you decide to do something. Costs involve giving up things that you want or need.
Benefits are what you gain or save when you decide to do something. Benefits involve gaining something that you want or need.
This result is a cost. It involves giving up or spending something that Shawna wants or needs:
Shawna will give up some muffins. She could have made more cranberry muffins than coffee cake muffins.