Sheila's Sports Shop is a very popular sporting goods store, which has a yearly revenue of the business herself. Her alternative employment options are to be a college swimming coach for $50,000 per year or a construction worker for $40,000 per year. Sheila spends $230,000 purchasing goods for resale to her customers. She also has four employees, who each earn $25,000 per year. Sheila owns the building that her Sports Shop is housed in and she could have rented it out for $20,000 per year. Sheila's costs for resources bought in the market equal اختر أحد الخيارات .a. $350,000 per year .b. $200,000 per year .c. $330,000 per year .d. $70,000 per year O O

Sheila's Sports Shop is a very popular sporting goods store, which has a yearly revenue of the business herself. Her alternative employment options are to be a college swimming coach for $50,000 per year or a construction worker for $40,000 per year. Sheila spends $230,000 purchasing goods for resale to her customers. She also has four employees, who each earn $25,000 per year. Sheila owns the building that her Sports Shop is housed in and she could have rented it out for $20,000 per year. Sheila's costs for resources bought in the market equal اختر أحد الخيارات .a. $350,000 per year .b. $200,000 per year .c. $330,000 per year .d. $70,000 per year O O

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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