Question

Suppose a local hardware store has explicit costs of $2 million per year and implicit costs of $44,000 per year. If the store earned an economic profit of $50,000 last year, this means that the store's accounting profit equaled:________.a. 6000b. 94000c. 2.044 milliond. 2.05 million

Answer 1

Answer: Option B$94000

Explanation:

The economic profit of the company can be found from the difference of the total revenue and the total cost that includes implicit and explicit cost. To find the total revenue earned the economic profit formula can be used.

Economic profit = Total revenue - (Explicit cost+ Implicit cost)

50000=Total revenue - (2,000,000+44,000)

Total Revenue = 2,044,000+50000

=2,094,000

Accounting profit is the actual profits earned by the firm which is calculated as difference between revenue and explicit cost. Implicit cost are not paid for they are the hidden costs.

Accounting profits = Total revenue - Explicit cost

=2,094,000 - 2,000,000

=$94,000

Thus the accounting profit of the local hardware store is $94,000.