(Scenario: Jillian's Cupcake Shop) Use Scenario: Jillian's Cupcake Shop

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(Scenario: Jillian's Cupcake Shop) Use Scenario: Jillian's Cupcake Shop.
Scenario: Jillian's Cupcake Shop
Jillian runs a cupcake shop where she sells cupcakes for $1 each. She employs five people, each of whom worked a total of 500 hours last year; she paid them $10 per hour. Her costs of equipment and raw materials add up to $75,000. Her business ability is legendary, and other companies have offered to pay Jillian $100,000 to come to work for them. She also knows she could sell her cupcake shop for $150,000. The bank in town pays an annual interest rate of 3% on all funds deposited with it. Given the information provided, Jillian's implicit opportunity costs are:

A) her salary if she worked elsewhere and interest that she forgoes by not selling her shop and putting the money in the bank.
B) the cost of labor, equipment, and raw materials.
C) the revenue she receives from selling cupcakes plus the cost of labor, equipment, and raw materials.
D) revenue she receives from selling her cupcakes and her labor costs.