If the total costs of producing 1,500 units of output is $12,000 and this output sold to consumers for a total of $15,000, then the firm would earn economic profits of

A.$15,000.
B.$3,000.
C.$12,000.
D.$27,000.
E.$18,000.

Respuesta :

Answer:

B.$3,000.

Explanation:

Economic profits consider opportunity costs in calculating profits. Opportunity costs are explicit costs, while normal business expenses are implicit costs.  The formula for determining economic profits is as follows.

Economic profits = Total revenue - ( Explicit costs + implicit costs)

In this case, explicit costs are not available

Economic profits =total sales - total costs

=$15,000 -$12,000

=$3,000

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