You Have Two Career Options

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Essay

You have two career options.You can work for someone else for $50,000 a year,or,you can run your own business,with an annual revenue of $100,000,and explicit costs of $40,000 annually.Explain which career option a profit-maximizer would select and why.

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Definitions:

Cash Flow From Operations

The portion of cash flow that results directly from a company's regular business operations, excluding financing or investing activities.

Depreciation

The systematic reduction in the recorded cost of a fixed asset to allocate its cost over its useful life, reflecting wear and tear, decay, or obsolescence.

Net Income

The total profit or loss of a company after all expenses, including taxes and operating costs, have been deducted from revenues.

Indirect Method

The indirect method is a way of reporting cash flows from operating activities by starting with net income and adjusting for non-cash transactions.