3. Mary Graham worked as a real estate agent for Piedmont Properties for 15 years.
Her annual income is approximately $100,000 per year. Mary is considering establishing her own real estate agency. She expects to generate revenues during the first year of $2 million. Salaries paid to her employees are expected to total $1.5 million. Operating expenses (i.e., rent, supplies, utility services) are expected to total $250,000. To begin the business, Mary must borrow $500,000 from her bank at an interest rate of 15 percent. Equipment will cost Mary $50,000. At the end of one year, the value of this equipment will be $30,000, even though the depreciation expense for tax purposes is only $5,000 during the first year.
a. Determine the (pre-tax) accounting profit for this venture.
b. Determine the (pre-tax) economic profit for this venture.
c. Which of the costs for this firm are explicit and which are implicit?
2. Suppose demand for lunch box is Qp = 40-P / 5 and the supply of it is Qs = P / 5. Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity of lunch box in this district. Show your answer graphically. (4/20) b. If the price of lunch box cannot be set above%2450. Calculate the "shortage" in this market. Explain your answer with a graph. (2/20) Calculate the price elasticities of demand and supply at quantity demanded and quantity supplied under such a condition.
Negative externalities practical question
Describe the various complementary products, both goods and services, that a consumer may consider in buying a computer system.