Scenario 22

question 106

Multiple Choice

Scenario 22.2 Consider a publicly held firm (one whose stock shares are traded on the stock exchange) that earned revenue worth $350 million and incurred land, labor, and debt costs worth $320 million.The stockholders who have invested a total of $100 million in this firm could have earned 10 percent return on other comparable investments.
According to the information in Scenario 22.2, how much economic profit did the firm make last year?

• A)$112 million
• B)$30 million
• C)$20 million
• D)-$20 million
• E)$2 million

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