You as a businessperson have one million dollars to invest. One option is to invest your money in a saving account that gives you 8% annual interest rate. But you decide to open a book store instead. You need to rent a place for $7900 per month and hire two workers and pay them each $6000 monthly. The other expenses such as purchases and overhead are $6500 per month. Your store generates $395,000 sales per year. How much is your economic profit? Which business do you choose? explain

You as a businessperson have one million dollars to invest. One option is to invest your money in a saving account that gives you 8% annual interest rate. But you decide to open a book store instead. You need to rent a place for $7900 per month and hire two workers and pay them each $6000 monthly. The other expenses such as purchases and overhead are $6500 per month. Your store generates $395,000 sales per year. How much is your economic profit? Which business do you choose? explain

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

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

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

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

Chapter17: Long-term Investment Analysis

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