Sam, Who Owns a Carpentry Shop, Discovered That with 4

question 345

Multiple Choice

Sam, who owns a carpentry shop, discovered that with 4 laborers he could produce 18 cabinets per day. With 5 laborers he produced 25 cabinets and with 6 laborers he produced 36 cabinets. What was the MPP of the 5th laborer?

• A) 8 cabinets
• B) 7 cabinets
• C) 6 cabinets
• D) 4 cabinets

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Definitions:

Accounting Profit

The total revenue of a business minus the explicit costs, representing the financial gain in accounting terms.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing the additional return over the investor's opportunity cost.

Implicit Costs

The opportunity costs of using resources owned by the firm for its own production instead of earning revenue from these resources elsewhere.

Explicit Costs

These are the direct, out-of-pocket payments made by businesses for operational expenses like wages, rent, and materials.