Harvey quit his job at State University where he earned $45,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial

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Harvey quit his job at State University, where he earned an annual salary of $45,000. He estimates his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial income to be $5,000 per year. To start his business, he cashed in $100,000 worth of bonds that earned 10% interest annually to purchase a software company called Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 11,000 units of software at a price of $75 each. Of the $75 per unit, $55 is allocated to cover the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent for the building. What is the accounting profit generated by Extreme Gaming in its first year?

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a) $160,000Explanation:Economic Profit is calculated by deducting the opportunity cost  and monetary costs from the revenue. Whereas Accounting Profit can be calculated by deducting the only monetary costs from the revenue.  Economic profit = Revenue - Opportunity cost - Monetary cost Revenue = 11,000 units x $75 = $825,000Opportunity costsSalary = $45,000Entrepreneurial income = $5,000Interest Income = $100,000 x 10% = $10,000 Total Opportunity cost = $60,000Monetary costsCost = 11,000 units x $55 = $605,000Economic profit = $825,000 - $60,000 - $605,000 = $160,000

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The explicit costs of Harvey's firm in the first year were $605,000Explanation:According to the given data we have the following:In the first year, the firm sold 11,000 units of software$55 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefitsTherefore, in order to calculate explicit costs of Harvey's firm in the first year we would have to make the following calculation:explicit costs of Harvey's firm= units of software sold*costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefitsexplicit costs of Harvey's firm=11,000*$55explicit costs of Harvey's firm=$605,000The explicit costs of Harvey's firm in the first year were $605,000

Anonymous · Answer

The options are wrong,find below correct multiple choices:$605,000$825,000$655,000$150,000The correct option is $605,000Explanation:Explicit costs are costs  incurred  that require actual cash settlement not costs of alternative forgone as in the case of implicit costs.There is only example of explicit cost for Harvey Business in the first year of operation,which is the cost of production,packaging,marketing,employee wages and benefits and rent on a building.In other words,the explicit costs incurred in year one =$55*11,000 units                                                                                           =$605,000 The correct option  is the of those ones provided above.

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