A firm pays $50,000 for a machine that is used in production for one year, after which it is sold for $40,000 to another firm. The $10,000 difference is

A) an explicit cost of production.
B) economic depreciation, an implicit cost of production.
C) normal profit.
D) not counted as an economic cost of production.
E) not an opportunity cost because it is not actually paid.

B

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