A business owner makes 1,000 items a day. Each day she contributes eight hours to produce those items. If hired elsewhere, she could have earned $250 an hour. The item sells for $15 each. Production does not stop during the weekends. If the explicit costs total $150,000 for 30 days, the firm’s accounting profit for the month equals: $300,000 $60,000 $450,000 $240,000

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A business owner makes 1,000 items a day. Each day she contributes eight hours to produce those items. If hired elsewhere, she could have earned $250 an hour. The item sells for $15 each. Production does not stop during the weekends. If the explicit costs total $150,000 for 30 days, the firm’s accounting profit for the month equals:

$300,000

$60,000

$450,000

$240,000

Refer to the situation in part (1). Assume the owner’s only opportunity cost is her foregone salary. If she works 56 hours a week (8 hours a day for 7 days), is the firm making an economic profit?

Yes

No

If the firm is earning negative economic profits, it implies

That the accounting profits are zero

That the accounting profits are negative

That the accounting profits are positive

That more information is needed to determine accounting profits.

The fixed-cost fallacy occurs when

A firm considers irrelevant costs

A firm ignores relevant costs

A firm considers overhead or depreciation costs to make short-run decisions

Both a and c

All of the following are examples of variable costs except:

Hourly labor costs

Cost of raw materials

Accounting fees

Electricity costs

Managers undertake an investment only if

Marginal benefits of the investment are greater than zero.

MCs (Marginal Cost) of the investment are greater than marginal benefits of the investment

Marginal benefits are greater than marginal costs

Investment decisions do not depend on marginal analysis

 

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