Eleanor is working for a consulting firm making $50,000 per year but considers starting her own consulting company. Eleanor has determined that to launch the business, she needs to invest $80,000 of her own funds. The annual cost of running the business will include $70,000 for the rent of the office space, $210,000 for employee wages, and $5,000 for materials and utilities. Eleanor plans to manage the business, which means that she will have to quit her current job. Suppose that the interest rate (or rate of return) on investments in the economy is 5%. Eleanor's total implicit cost per year is . Eleanor's total cost per year is .

Retirement investment advisors, inc., has just offered you an annual interest rate of 4.4 percent until you retire in 40 years. you believe that interest rates will increase over the next year and you would be offered 5 percent per year one year from today. if you plan to deposit $13,000 into the account either this year or next year, how much more will you have when you retire if you wait one year to make your deposit?

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500

On january 1 of the current year, jimmy's sandwich company reported owner's capital totaling $128,000. during the current year, total revenues were $106,000 while total expenses were $95,500. also, during the current year jimmy withdrew $30,000 from the company. no other changes in equity occurred during the year. if, on december 31 of the current year, total assets are $206,000, the change in owner's capital during the year was: