Sam quits his job as an airline pilot and opens his own pilot training school. He was earning $40,000 as a pilot. He withdraws $10,000 from his savings where he was earning 6 percent interest and uses the money in his new business. He uses a building he owns as a hangar that he could have rented out for $5,000 per year. He rents a computer for $1,200, buys office supplies for $500, rents an
airplane for $6,000 . pays $1,300 for fuel and maintenance, and hires one worker for $30,000 . Sam's total revenue from pilot training classes this year equaled $90,400 . Sam's explicit costs this year equal
a. $84,400
b. $39,000
c. $55,000
d. $45,600
e. $40,000
B
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