Assume that each day a firm uses 13 employee-hours per day and an office to produce 100 units of output. The price of each unit output is $5, the hourly wage rate is $10, and rent on the office is $200 per day. Each day the firm earns a ________ of ________.

A. loss; $200
B. loss; $170
C. profit; $170
D. profit; $370


Answer: C

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