Economists consider both explicit costs and implicit costs when measuring economic profit. The reason they consider implicit costs is that

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Answer:

a business must cover its opportunity costs as well as its out-of-pocket expenses to be truly profitable.

Explanation:

Opportunity cost or implicit is the cost of the option forgone when one alternative is chosen over other alternatives.

explicit cost is the actual cost incurred in carrying out a particular action

Economic profit = Total revenue - (implicit cost + explicit cost)

For example , a man leaves his job where he earns $50,000 to start his business. the total revenue of his business is $100,000 while explicit cost is $50,000

Accounting profit = $100,000 - $50,000 = $50,000

Economic profit =  $50,000 - $50,000 = 0

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