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The sole proprietor of the Milwaukee Machine Company receives all accounting profits earned by her firm. She has a standing salary offer of $35,000 a year to work for a large corporation. If she had invested her capital outside her own company, she estimates that would have returned $22,000 this year. If accounting profits for the year were $50,000, then her economic profits were (based solely on the given figures) _________ .

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Answer:

7,000 economic loss

Explanation:

accounting profit - opportunity cost = economic profit

50,000 company earnings - 35,000 - 22,000 opportunity cost

7,000 economic loss

She currently is putting his labor and capital to receive 50,000

if she offers his labor to another company it will receive 35,000

if she offers his capital to another project it will yield 22,000

The total opportunity cost is 57,000

She is losing by keeping his company. It should take the job and, put his capital somewhere else.

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