Question

Suppose a farmer in Georgia begins to grow peaches. He uses​ $1,000,000 in savings to purchase​ land, he rents equipment for ​$ a​ year, and he pays workers ​$ in wages. In​ return, he produces baskets of peaches per​ year, which sell for ​$ each. Suppose the interest rate on savings is percent and that the farmer could otherwise have earned ​$ as a shoe salesman. What is the​ farmer's economic​ profit? The peach farmer earns economic profit of ​$ nothing. ​(Enter your response as an​ integer.)

Answer 1

Answer:

$-675,000

Explanation:

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Suppose a farmer in Georgia begins to grow peaches. He uses​$1,000,000 in savings to purchase​ land, he rents equipment for​$80,000 a​ year, and he pays workers ​$130,000 in wages. In​return, he produces 200,000 baskets of peaches per​ year, which sell for ​$3.00 each. Suppose the interest rate on savings is 3 percent and that the farmer could otherwise have earned ​$35,000 as a shoe salesman.

Economic profit = accounting profit - implicit cost

Accounting profit= total revenue - explicit cost

Implicit cost is the cost of the next best option forgone when one alternative is chosen over other alternatives

Explicit cost includes the amount expended in running the business. They include rent , salary and cost of raw materials

total explicit cost = (1,000,000 + $80,000 + $130,000) = $1,210,000

total revenue = price x output

$3 x 200,000 = $600,000

Accounting profit = $600,000 - $1,210,000 = $-610,000

implicit cost = amount he could have earned working as a sales man = $35,000

Interest on loan = 0.03 x 1,00,000 = 30,000

total = 35,000 + 30,000 = 65,000

economic profit = $-610,000 - 65,000 = $-675,000

The peach farmer earns economic profit of ​$