Suppose Winston's annual salary as an accountant is $60,000, and his financial assets generate $4,000 per year in interest. One day, after deciding to be his own boss, he quits his job and uses his financial assets to establish a consulting business, which he runs out of his home. To run the business, he outlays $8,000 in cash to cover all the costs involved with running the business, and earns revenues of $150,000. What are Winston's accounting profits?

A. $78,000
B. $142,000
C. $138,000
D. $150,000


B. $142,000

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A) consumers switching to substitute products. B) market entry by lower-priced private brands. C) the failure of the producer of Kleenex tissues to develop any new and innovative products.

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Refer to the table below. If Fresh Laundry is currently producing 10 quality units, to maximize profit, Fresh Laundry should ________ the number of quality units as the current quality marginal revenue is ________ its marginal cost.


Fresh Laundry is a firm that produces laundry detergent. The table above summarizes Fresh Laundry's product quality marginal revenue and marginal cost at various quality levels.

A) decrease; equal to
B) decrease; less than
C) maintain; less than
D) maintain; equal to

Economics

After the major income tax decrease for the high income earners in 1981, the federal deficit _______ by 1990.

A. had not changed B. tripled C. cut by half D. doubled

Economics

A schedule of how much of a good people will purchase for a range of possible prices during a specified time period, other things constant, is the definition of

A. demand. B. supply. C. an economic market. D. a purchasing contract.

Economics