Use the Following Scenario to Answer the Following Questions

question 152

Multiple Choice

Use the following scenario to answer the following questions:
Babak owns a sports practice facility called Boston Batting Cages in Boston,Massachusetts.During the first year of operation,Boston Batting Cages incurred many costs.In that year,Babak spent $5,000 on labor,$2,000 on maintenance,and $1,000 on electricity.Babak took out a loan to open his business,in which he would have earned $1,500,and his previous job,which he could get back at any time,paid him $50,000.
-If Boston Batting Cages received $80,000 in revenues,what were the economics profits?

• A) $20,500
• B) $72,000
• C) $51,500
• D) $80,000
• E) $50,000

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Definitions:

Shares Outstanding

The total number of company's shares that are currently owned by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares.

Owners' Equity

The residual interest in the assets of a company after deducting its liabilities, representing the ownership interest of shareholders.

Reverse Stock Split

A reduction in the number of a corporation's shares available for trade, intended to increase the market value of each share, without changing the company's market capitalization.

Owners' Equity

The residual interest in the assets of a company after deducting liabilities, representing what the owners or shareholders own outright.