Until Recently,Rosemarie Worked as an Accountant,earning $30,000 Annually

question 165

Multiple Choice

Until recently,Rosemarie worked as an accountant,earning $30,000 annually.Then she inherited a piece of commercial real estate that had been renting for $12,000 annually.Rosemarie decided to leave her job and operate a Peruvian restaurant in the space she inherited.At the end of the first year,her books showed total revenues of $260,000 and total costs of $230,000 for food,utilities,cooks,and other supplies.Her economic profit at the end of one year is:

• A)$230,000.
• B)$30,000.
• C)$0.
• D)-$12,000.

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Definitions:

Maximizing Profits

The goal of businesses to make the highest possible profit, often by increasing revenue, reducing costs, or both.

MP

No standard definition available; it could refer to "Marginal Product" in economics, which is the extra output generated by adding one more unit of input.

Economic Profits

The extra income a business makes after accounting for all explicit and implicit costs, representing a return above the normal profit level.

Labor

The human effort, either physical or mental, that is used in the production of goods and services.