Last Year Christine Worked as a Consultant

question 8

Multiple Choice

Last year Christine worked as a consultant. She hired an administrative assistant for $15,000 per year and rented office space (utilities included) for $3,000 per month. Her total revenue for the year was $100,000. If Christine hadn't worked as a consultant, she would have worked at a real estate firm earning $40,000 a year. Last year, Christine's explicit costs were ________, and her implicit costs were ________.

• A)$15,000; $43,000
• B)$18,000; $40,000
• C)$36,000; $140,000
• D)$51,000; $40,000

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Definitions:

Bank Reconciliation

The process of matching the balances in an entity's accounting records for a cash account to the corresponding information on a bank statement.

Bank Balance

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Book Balance

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Statement of Cash Flows

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