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A business owner makes 50 items by hand in 40 hours. She could have earned $20 an hour working for someone else. Her total explicit costs are $200. If each item she makes sells for $15, her economic profit equals:

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A business owner makes 50 items by hand in 40 hours. She could have earned 20anhourworkingforsomeoneelse. Hertotalexplicitcostsare20 an hour working for someone else. Her total explicit costs are 200. If each item she makes sells for $15, her economic profit equals:

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To calculate the economic profit, we need to consider both explicit and implicit costs.

Step 1: Calculate the total revenue The business owner sells each item for 15andshemakes50items.So,thetotalrevenueis50items15 and she makes 50 items. So, the total revenue is 50 items * 15/item = $750.

Step 2: Calculate the implicit cost The business owner could have earned 20anhourworkingforsomeoneelseandshespent40hoursmakingitems.So,theopportunitycostofhertime(implicitcost)is40hours20 an hour working for someone else and she spent 40 hours making items. So, the opportunity cost of her time (implicit cost) is 40 hours * 20/hour = $800.

Step 3: Calculate the total cost The total cost is the sum of explicit and implicit costs. So, the total cost is 200(explicitcost)+200 (explicit cost) + 800 (implicit cost) = $1000.

Step 4: Calculate the economic profit The economic profit is total revenue minus total cost. So, the economic profit is 750(totalrevenue)750 (total revenue) - 1000 (total cost) = -$250.

So, her economic profit is -250.Thismeanssheismakingalossof250. This means she is making a loss of 250 when considering her opportunity cost.

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