Question

A web designer quits a project where she was paid $50,000 on completion of the project. She starts a new company with sales revenues of $550,000 last year, while spending $250,000 on compensation for employees (excluding herself), $70,000 on capital, and $30,000 on materials. What was the firm’s economic profit?

Answer 1

Answer:

$150,000

Explanation:

Amount paid after project completion was =$50,000

The sales revenue for the new company = $550,000

Total deductions =$(250,000+70,000+30,000)=$350,000

Economic profit is the difference between the earned revenue from sell of outputs and cost of all inputs used and any opportunity costs.

In this case, opportunity cost will be the amount received by the web designer after the quit of the project.

Economic profit = $550,000 - $350,000-$50,000 = $150,000