Tom quit his $65,000 a year corporate lawyer job to open up his own law practice. in tom's first year in business his total revenue equaled $150,000. tom's explicit cost during the year totaled $85,000. what is tom’s economic profit for his first year in business?
a) $0
b) $85, 000
c) $20, 000
d) $65, 000

Given:

Implicit Cost = $65,000

Total revenue = $150,000

Explicit cost =  $85,000

Here, we'll compute the economic profit for the first year as :

Economic profit = Total revenue - (Explicit cost + Implicit Cost)

Economic profit = $150,000 - ($85,000 + $65,000)

Economic profit = $0

∴ Tom’s economic profit for his first year in business will be $0

The correct option is (a).

the correct answer is economics is a game without winners or losers.

unlike sports or games economic is a game without losers or winner rather it is a game where everyone wins. parties of business doing businesses exchange money with each other and hence exchange is done on the basis of goods. one party takes the goods and other sales it so there is winner on both sides. each party values more highly the good it gets than the good it gives up. both sides exchange only because both intend to increase their value. so there is no concept of lose or win.