Answer:
a. Accounting profit for the business = $3,500
b. Economic loss = $1,000
c. The two friends can open the business and incur economic loss of $1,000 in the first year of operation. In subsequent years, the revenue may increase to generate better economic profit. This is the labor, risk, and reward of entrepreneurship.
d. If the two friends do not go ahead with the business because of the economic loss they suffer in the first year of operation, then they cannot be regarded as entrepreneurs. They are merely laborers who cannot assume any risk for greater rewards tomorrow.
Explanation:
Cost of business per month:
Operating expenses = $4,000
Lease of building = 2,000
Total expenses = $6,000
Revenue = $10,000
Accounting profit $4,000
Economic profit:
Revenue = $10,000
Total expenses = $6,000
Opportunity costs:
Lost salaries 4,500
Lost Interest 500
Total costs $11,000
Economic loss = $1,000
Answer:
The answer is: B) purchase records are not maintained.
Explanation:
There are two methods for estimating inventory costs:
- Gross Profit Method
: uses the information from the income statement. If operating conditions remain similar, the proportion between total sales, profits and COGS should be similar (lets say profit is 30% and COGS is 70% of total sales). You can estimate your inventory costs by using the information on total sales.
- Retail Method: It is used mostly by merchandising firms (retailers) that have consistent mark-ups. You have to determine the proportion between cost and retail price (lets say the COGS is 80% of the retail price). Then if you are given the retail inventory, you can determine the COGS using the proportion determined previously.
Answer: It was believed by some politicians and unions that NAFTA poses more harm to the United States economy unlike TTIP.
Explanation:
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement entered into by Canada, United States, and Mexico that ensures free trade among the countries as it was created to remove tariff barriers to different sectors of the economy and ensure free trade.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a trade agreement which is proposed between the United States and the European Union with the aim of promoting economic growth and trading activities.
Some politicians and trade unions were in disagreement with NAFTA because it led to job losses especially in the manufacturing firms in the U.S. Companies also threatened to relocate to Mexico in order to keep their workers from joining trade unions and this suppressed wages as workers could not negotiate for better wages.
NAFTA allowed trucks from Mexico to enter the United States. These Mexican also entered the United States illegally by crossing the border. These were some of the reasons some people were not in agreement with NAFTA.
Answer:
B. Memory
Explanation:
Mnemonics are a tool to aid memory.
