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13 December, 10:45

Use the following information to answer the next question. Harvey quit his job at State University where he earned $45,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or foregone entrepreneurial income to be $5,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $100,000 in bonds that earned 10% interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 11,000 units of software at $75 each. Of the $75, $55 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building. The economic profits of Harvey's firm in the first year were:

a) $160,000.

b).$280,000.

c) $155,000.

d) $220,000.

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  1. 13 December, 12:32
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    Answer: Option (a) is correct.

    Explanation:

    Total Revenue = Units sold * price per unit sold

    = 11,000 * $75

    = $825,000

    Explicit cost = Units sold * cost per unit

    = 11,000 * $55

    = $605,000

    Implicit cost = Earning at state university + Entrepreneurial talent + cash bonds at 10% interest

    = $45000 + $5,000 + ($100,000 * 10%)

    = $60,000

    Economic profits = Total Revenue - (Explicit cost + Implicit cost)

    = $825,000 - ($605,000 + $60,000)

    = $825,000 - $665,000

    = $160,000
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