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- Last year Bill Bailey quit his $20,000 per year job and invested $200,000 to open the Bargain Bonanzas. This year he sold for $600,000 merchandise he bought for $400,000. He paid his sales clerks $50,000. Bill could have earned 10 percent interest on other investments. This year, Bill’s:
- accounting and economic profit were both $150,000
- economic loss was $70,000
- economic profit was $110,000
- economic profit was $220,000 less than his accounting profit
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