You borrow $20,000 at an interest rate of 6% to open Candy Dan's, a gourmet sweet shop. If the return on your investment is ________, then you will earn an economic loss.

A. less than 6%
B. exactly 6%
C. greater than 6%
D. It is indeterminate from the given information.


Answer: A

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