Question: 1.At the beginning of the year, a software developer quit his job and gave up a salary of $90,000 per year in order to start


1.At the beginning of the year, a software developer quit his job and gave up a salary of $90,000 per year in order to start Turnip Tom's organic farm. A partial income statement for the first year of operation for Turnip Tom's, Inc., is shown below: Revenues $ 98,000 Operating costs and expenses Cost of products sold $ 15,500 Selling expenses 35 6,500 Administrative expenses 55 3,200 Total operating costs $ 25,200 Income from Operations $ 72,800 Interest expense (bank loan) $ 9,500 Legal expenses $ 1,200 Income taxes $ 22,000 Net income 35 40,100 To get started, Tom spent $125,000 of his own savings to purchase land and equipment to be used for the farm. During this year, Tom could have earned a 7 percent return by investing in stocks of other business with risk levels similar to his farm. -What are the total explicit, total implicit, and total economic costs for the year? -What is accounting profit? What is economic profit? - Using only the data given, would you say that the owner made a good economic decision to leave is job to start the organic farm? Explain
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