Calculates the book profit or loss as well as the economic gain or loss in each of the following situations: A company with total revenue of $145 million, explicit costs of $110 million, and implied costs of $15 million

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Calculates the book profit or loss as well as the economic gain or loss in each of the following situations:

A company with total revenue of $145 million, explicit costs of $110 million, and implied costs of $15 million

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Accounting profit & economic profit 

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Revenue = $145 million 

Explicit cost = $110 million 

implied cost = $15 million 

 

Accounting profit (Book profit) = It is the profit which a firm would gain from after paying off the explicit cost ( fixed cost (rent), variable cost (cost of raw material)) .

Economic profit = It is the profit which firm would gain after paying explicit cost ( fixed cost (rent), variable cost (cost of raw material)) as well as compensate the implicit cost ( opportunity cost )

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