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Answer:
Question
Calculate the accounting profit and the economic profit for Gomez's pottery firm.
Explanation:
Gomez's run a small poetry firm
1. He Hired one helper and pay him $13,000 per year
2. He pays an annual rent $5,500 for his shop
3. He pays $21,500 on materials per year.
Then, his total explicit costs is
$13,000 + $5,500 + $21,500
Explicit costs: $40,000
He has is $40,000 of his own fun invested in equipment which could have earn him $5,500 per year if alternatively invested. Then,
Foregone interest: $5,500
He has been offered $19,000 job to work as a Potter for competition
Foregone salary: $19,000
Entrepreneurial talents worth $2,500 per year
Normal profit: $2,500
The implicit cost is $5,500 + $19,000 + $2,500
Implicit cost: $27,000
Total annual revenue from pottery sales is $75,000.
Total revenue: $75,000
Then, the Accounting profit is the explicit costs subtracted from total annual profit
Accounting profit = $75,000 -$40,000
Accounting profit = $35,000
Economic profit is explicit cost subtracted from the accounting profit
Economic profit= $35,000 -$27,000
Economic profit = $8,000