QUESTION 1: When Burton Cummings graduated with honors from the Canadian Trucking Academy, his father gave him a $350,000 tractor-trailer-rig. Recently, Burton was boasting some follows truckers that his revenues were typically $35,000 per month, while his operating costs (fuel, maintenance, and depreciation) amounted to only 18,000 per month. Tractor trailer rigs identical to Burton's rig rent for $15,000 per month. If Burton was driving for one of the competing trucking fims, he would eam $5,000 per month. All underlying work must be shown. A) How much is Burton's accounting cost? a) $18,000 b) $35,000 c) $33,000 d) $20,000 B) How much is Burton's economic cost? a) $18,000 b) $38,000 c) $20,000 d) $55,000 C) How much is Burton's economic profit? a) $17,000 b) $20,000 c) -$3,000 d) $15,000

QUESTION 1: When Burton Cummings graduated with honors from the Canadian Trucking Academy, his father gave him a $350,000 tractor-trailer-rig. Recently, Burton was boasting some follows truckers that his revenues were typically $35,000 per month, while his operating costs (fuel, maintenance, and depreciation) amounted to only 18,000 per month. Tractor trailer rigs identical to Burton's rig rent for $15,000 per month. If Burton was driving for one of the competing trucking fims, he would eam $5,000 per month. All underlying work must be shown. A) How much is Burton's accounting cost? a) $18,000 b) $35,000 c) $33,000 d) $20,000 B) How much is Burton's economic cost? a) $18,000 b) $38,000 c) $20,000 d) $55,000 C) How much is Burton's economic profit? a) $17,000 b) $20,000 c) -$3,000 d) $15,000

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

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