Suppose you own a small business. Last month, your total revenue was $6,000. In addition, you paid: $1,000 in monthly rent for office space,$200 in monthly rent for equipment,$3,000 to your workers in wages for the month, and$1,000 for the supplies you used that month. If you correctly determine that your economic profit last month was negative $200, then it must be true that:

A. your implicit costs are $200 per month.
B. you do not have any implicit costs.
C. the rent you pay on your equipment is an implicit cost.
D. your implicit costs are $1,000 per month.


Answer: D

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