Question

Wendy leaves her job as a dancer to start her own dance studio. As a dancer, she made $34,000 per year. During the studio's first year she paid $4,300 per year for insurance, $1,846 for music and licensing fees, $150 for a boom box, and $11,300 for rent and utilities. She received $60,480 in tuition payments. Wendy's economic profit was:_______.

Answer 1

$8,884

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the economic profit is shown below:

= Received amount - dance earnings - insurance paid - music and licensing fees - boom box - rent and utilities

= $60,480 - $34,000 - $4,300 - $1,846 - $150 - $11,300

= $8,884

The economic profit is come from subtracting the explicit cost, implicit cost from the revenue earned and the same is reflected above