Florence is considering going into business for herself and has developed the following estimates of monthly costs and revenues to aid her in her decision making process. She has decided to house the business in a building that she already owns, although she could rent the building to someone else for $1,000 per month. Estimated payments for utilities are $475 per month. She will hire one employee at a total of $1,100 per month. Inventory is estimated to cost $2,800 per month. Finally, Florence earns $3,000 a month in her current job.
a) how much monthly revenue would Florence have to take in the earn zero economic profit?
b) assume that Florence has estimated her monthly revenue to be $9,000. In this case, Florence would earn an accounting profit(loss) of____, and an economic profit (loss) of___.
c) assume instead that Florence does not own a building and that she will have to rent a buliding for $1,000 per month(all other estimates remain the same). In this case (assuming estimated monthly revenue is still $9,000), Florence would earn an accounting profit (loss) of ____ and an economic profit loss of___.