Rescooperate ice cream shop recently analyzed their books. they found that in the past year, they made $100,000 selling ice cream and spent $75,000 on supplies and factory space. the remaining $25,000 represents

The remaining $25,000 could have been their profit. While they spent $75,000 as capital, their goods may have been sold at a price and number  that covered the capital at the same time earn extra as well. This extra is called the profit. That is how businesses earn money, through profit.