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30 July, 19:49

Harvey quit his job at State University where he earned $45,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or foregone entrepreneurial income to be $5,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $100,000 in bonds that earned 10 percent interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 11,000 units of software at $75 for each unit. Of the $75 per unit, $55 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building.

Refer to the above information. The explicit costs of Harvey's firm in the first year were:

a. $605,000

b. $825,000

c. $655,000

d. $150,000

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  1. 30 July, 21:32
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    Option (a) is correct.

    Explanation:

    Explicit costs refers to the cost that a company or a person incurred for doing certain activities.

    The explicit costs of Harvey's firm in the first year were

    = costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building

    = Cost per unit * Units sold

    = $55 per unit * 11,000 units

    = $605,000
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