Question

Harvey quit his job at State University, where he earned $62,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial income to be $4,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $50,000 in bonds that earned 10 percent interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 10,000 units of software at $72 for each unit. Of the $72 per unit, $60 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building. The accounting profit of Harvey's firm in the first year was: _________

Answer 1

Answer:

Accounting profit = 120,000

Explanation:

Accounting profit = total revenue - explicit costs

Accounting profit = 72*10,000 - 60*10,000

= 720,000 - 600,000 = 120,000