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:

Capitalizes Expenditures

The process of recording a cost as an asset, rather than an expense, to be written off over the future period.

Rate-of-Return Comparisons

A method of evaluating the profitability of different investments by comparing their rates of return.

Operating Cycles

The period of time it takes for a business to purchase or create inventory, sell the products, and collect cash from the sales.

Undiscounted Cash Flows

Cash flows that have not been adjusted for the time value of money, representing the gross amount of cash that is expected to be generated over time.