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Raphael lives in San Diego and runs a business that sells guitars. In an average year, he receives $722,000 from selling guitars. Of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $422,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $268,000. He owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $2,000 in rent per year. Assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. Also, if Raphael does not operate this guitar business, he can work as a paralegal, receive an annual salary of $21,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $2,000 per year rate. No other costs are incurred in running this guitar business. Identify each of Raphael's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling guitars. Implicit Cost 0 Explicit Cost 0 a. The rental income Raphael could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom b. The wholesale cost for the guitars that Raphael pays the manufacturer c. The salary Raphael could earn if he worked as a paralegal d. The wages and utility bills that Raphael pays Complete the following table by determining Raphael's accounting and economic profit of his guitar business. Profit (Dollars) Accounting Profit Economic Profit Alternatively, the economic profit he would earn as a paralegal would be $? If Raphael's goal is to maximize his economic profit, he stay in the guitar business. True or false: Raphael is not earning a normal profit because his profit is positive. a. False b. True

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