Sophia Has a Business Using No Owned Capital and Makes

question 187

Multiple Choice

Sophia has a business using no owned capital and makes an accounting profit of $52,000 a year. Sophia could have worked for Verizon Wireless with a pay of $35,000 a year, but she would not have had time to run her business. The economic profit from Sophia's business per year is

• A) $87,000.
• B) $35,000.
• C) $17,000.
• D) −$17,000.

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