You are currently in a job as a chef in a restaurant earning $100,000 per year. You are considering opening up a restaurant in a building which you currently own.  You estimate that, if you wanted to, you could rent out your building for $25,000 per year to another restaurant. Last year, your revenues and expenses from the restaurant were the following: Revenues            $400,000 Cost of Food        $120,000 Salaries/Wages   $100,000 Utilities                 $25,000 Taxes                   $20,000  What is your accounting profit?  Show your calculations What is your economic profit? Show your calculations Assuming that you are indifferent between being a chef or owning a restaurant, should you open up your restaurant? Explain why. Now suppose that instead of owning the building where your restaurant will be located, you had to pay rent of $25,000 per year for the building. Will your answers to parts 1-3 change?  Show your calculations.  Explain how and why your answers will change or not change.  Just need assistance with Question # 4

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You are currently in a job as a chef in a restaurant earning $100,000 per year. You are considering opening up a restaurant in a building which you currently own.  You estimate that, if you wanted to, you could rent out your building for $25,000 per year to another restaurant.

Last year, your revenues and expenses from the restaurant were the following:

Revenues            $400,000
Cost of Food        $120,000
Salaries/Wages   $100,000
Utilities                 $25,000
Taxes                   $20,000 

  1. What is your accounting profit?  Show your calculations
  2. What is your economic profit? Show your calculations
  3. Assuming that you are indifferent between being a chef or owning a restaurant, should you open up your restaurant? Explain why.
  4. Now suppose that instead of owning the building where your restaurant will be located, you had to pay rent of $25,000 per year for the building. Will your answers to parts 1-3 change?  Show your calculations.  Explain how and why your answers will change or not change. 

Just need assistance with Question # 4 

 

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