Question

Habib withdrew $100,000 from his bank account paying 5% interest to purchase equipment for his construction company. If Habib earns an accounting profit of $10,000 and he has no other opportunity costs, his economic profit will be equal to

Answer 1

$5,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

Accounting profit = $10,000

Interest rate = 5%

Amount withdraw = $100,000

The economic profit is calculated by subtracting implicit costs and explicit costs from the total revenue.

Accounting profit is determined by subtracting explicit costs from the total revenue.

Accounting profit = Total revenue - Explicit costs

Economic profit:

= (Total revenue - Explicit costs) - Implicit costs

= $10,000 - (Interest income)

= $10,000 - (5% × $100,000)

= $10,000 - $5,000

= $5,000