Suppose a farmer in Georgia begins to grow peaches. He uses $1,000,000 in savings to purchase land, he rents equipment for $100,000 a year, and he pays workers $140,000 in wages. In return, he produces 300,000 baskets of peaches per year, which sell for $3.00 each. Suppose the interest rate on savings is 1 percent and that the farmer could otherwise have earned $45,000 as a shoe salesman. What is the farmer's economic profit? The peach farmer eams economic profit of $ (Enter your response as an integer.)

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Suppose a farmer in Georgia begins to grow peaches. He uses $1,000,000 in savings to purchase land, he rents equipment for $100,000 a year, and he pays workers $140,000 in
wages. In return, he produces 300,000 baskets of peaches per year, which sell for $3.00 each. Suppose the interest rate on savings is 1 percent and that the farmer could otherwise
have earned $45,000 as a shoe salesman.
What is the farmer's economic profit?
The peach farmer eams economic profit of $ (Enter your response as an integer.)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose a farmer in Georgia begins to grow peaches. He uses $1,000,000 in savings to purchase land, he rents equipment for $100,000 a year, and he pays workers $140,000 in wages. In return, he produces 300,000 baskets of peaches per year, which sell for $3.00 each. Suppose the interest rate on savings is 1 percent and that the farmer could otherwise have earned $45,000 as a shoe salesman. What is the farmer's economic profit? The peach farmer eams economic profit of $ (Enter your response as an integer.)
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