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Joe quits his computer programming job, where he was earning a salary of $50,000 per year, to start his own computer software business in a building that he owns and was previously renting out for $24,000 per year. In his first year of business he has the following expenses: salary paid to himself, $40,000; rent, 0; other expenses, $25,000. Find the accounting cost and the economic cost associated with Joe's computer software business.

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Text is MicroEconomics, 6th Edition by Pindyck and Rubinfeld

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