A business produces 400 items and sells them for $15 each for a total of $6,000. The total cost of producing the items is $4,500 in explicit cost and $1,000 in implicit cost. Economic profit is:
A. $500.
B. $0.
C. $1,500.
D. $1,000.
Answer: A
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A) the 1930s. B) the 1950s. C) the 1970s. D) 1991, when the first Gulf War broke out.
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