19) Accounting costs and economic costs differ because A) Economic costs include explicit costs and accounting costs do not. B) Accounting costs include explicit costs and economic costs do not. Economic costs include implicit costs and accounting costs do not. D) Accounting costs include implicit costs and economic costs do not.
19) Accounting costs and economic costs differ because A) Economic costs include explicit costs and accounting costs do not. B) Accounting costs include explicit costs and economic costs do not. Economic costs include implicit costs and accounting costs do not. D) Accounting costs include implicit costs and economic costs do not.
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Transcribed Image Text:19) Accounting costs and economic costs differ because
A) Economic costs include explicit costs and accounting costs do not.
B) Accounting costs include explicit costs and economic costs do not.
C) Economic costs include implicit costs and accounting costs do not.
D) Accounting costs include implicit costs and economic costs do not.
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20) Megan used to work at the local pizzeria for $15,000 per year but quit in order to start her own deli.
To buy the necessary equipment, she withdrew $20,000 from her inheritance (which paid 8 percent
interest). Last year she paid $25,000 for ingredients and $500 per month rent but had revenue of
$50,000. She asked her dad the accountant and her mom the economist to calculate her costs for her.
A) Dad says her cost is $31,000 and Mom says her cost is $47,600.
B) Dad says her cost is $31,000 and Mom says her cost is $35,000.
Dad says her cost is $9,000 and Mom says her cost is $2,400.
D) Dad says her cost is $25,000 and Mom says her cost is $16,600.
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