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John was a high school teacher earning $ 80,000 per year. He quit his job to start his own business in pizza catering. In order to learn how to run the pizza catering business, John enrolled in a TAFE to acquire catering skills.

• John's course was for 3 months. John had to pay $2,000 as tuition for the 3 months.
• After the training, John withdrew $110,000 from his savings account. He had been earning 5 percent interest per year for this account. He also borrowed $50,000.00 from his friend whom he pays 6 percent interest per year.

John's first year of business can be summarised as follows:

Item                                       Amount $

Revenue                              250,000

Labour cost                          120,000

Pizza ingredients                    50,000

Equipment                            10,000

Question 1: Calculate John's accounting profit and economic profit? Show your work.