Question

Suppose that a business incurred implicit costs of $500,000 and explicit costs of $5 million in a specific year. If the firm sold 100,000 units of its output at $50 per unit, its accounting:a. profits were $100,000 and its economic profits were zero. b. losses were $500,000 and its economic losses were zero. c. profits were $500,000 and its economic profits were $1 million. d. profits were zero and its economic losses were $500,000.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. profits were zero and its economic losses were $500,000.

Explanation:

Accounting profit = Revenue - explicit cost

Revenue = price × quantity sold

$50 × 100,000 = $5,000,000

Accounting profit = $5,000,000 - $5,000,000 = $0

Economic profit = Accounting profit - Explicit cost

Explicit cost is the opportunity cost of this production activity.

Economic profit = $0 - $500,000 = $-500,000

This is a loss