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You own a bagel shop that generates an accounting profit of $45,000 per year. When you started the shop you had to cash in $60,000 in investments to buy equipment for the shop. The investments were earning 8 percent per year. You also gave up a job paying $38,000 per year. What is your economic profit?
a. $-15,000
b. $2,200
c. $7,000
d. $-5,300

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The economic profit is 2200. This is because at .08 on the $60,000 investment, I ...

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