Kendall is a successful data analyst working at Amazon. She had one passion for all these years, she loves organizing parties. She decides to quit her job that she was making $150,000 per year, and uses her $200,000 savings, on which she was earning 10 percent annual return, to start her own business. In the first year, she earns revenue of $500,000, and her costs are as follows: Lease $50,000 Utilities $8,000 Wages $32,000 Materials $26,000 Food/Beverage $50,000 a. What is Kendall’s accounting profit? b. What is Kendall’s economic profit?

Kendall is a successful data analyst working at Amazon. She had one passion for all these years, she loves organizing parties. She decides to quit her job that she was making $150,000 per year, and uses her $200,000 savings, on which she was earning 10 percent annual return, to start her own business. In the first year, she earns revenue of $500,000, and her costs are as follows: Lease $50,000 Utilities $8,000 Wages $32,000 Materials $26,000 Food/Beverage $50,000 a. What is Kendall’s accounting profit? b. What is Kendall’s economic profit?

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

Chapter8: Cost Analysis

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