Consider a firm that uses capital and labor as inputs and sells 20 comma 000 units of output per year at the going market price of $15. also assume that total labor costs to the firm are $250 comma 500 annually. assume further that the total capital stock of the firm is currently worth $400 comma 000, that the return available to investors with comparable risks is 9 percent annually, and that there is no depreciation. is this a profitable firm? explain your answer. a. the firm is not profitable because profit equals $-348,500 b. the firm is profitable because profit equals $51,500. c. the firm is profitable because profit equals $27,500. d. the firm is not profitable because profit equals $27,500. e. the firm is profitable because profit equals $300,000

2. activities included (and not included) in the calculation ofgdp the gross domestic product (gdp) of the united states is defined as the all in a given period of time. based on this definition, indicate which of the following transactions will be included in (that is, directly increase) the gdp of the united states in 2017. scenario 2017 gdp included excluded calculo, a u.s. electronics company, produces a calculator at a plant in indonesia on march 17, 2017. calculo imports the calculator into the united states on may 21, 2017. awake cafe, a u.s. coffee company, produces a latte at its location in minneapolis on january 9, 2017. it sells the latte to a customer immediately. fastlane, a japanese automobile company, produces a sedan at a plant in indiana on december 12, 2017. a family buys the sedan on december 24. you chop down a cherry tree on your property in california and make a dining room table in 2017. a similar table sells for $800 in a local furniture store. graincorp, a u.s. agricultural company, produces corn syrup at a plant in iowa on september 19, 2017. it sells the corn syrup to crunchy's for use in the production of cereal that will be made in the united states in 2017. (note: focus exclusively on whether production of the corn syrup increases gdp directly, and ignore the effect of production of the cereal on gdp.)