Profit లాభం ASO Economics

Production processలో Landకు Rent, Labourకు Wages, Capitalకు Interest లభించినట్లే, traditional factor-income classificationలో Entrepreneurకు లభించే rewardను Profit – లాభం అంటారు.

Basic Exam Recall

Land → Rent
Labour → Wages
Capital → Interest
Entrepreneur → Profit

Profit – లాభం అంటే ఏమిటి?

ఒక firm యొక్క Total Revenue నుంచి relevant Total Costsను తీసివేసిన తర్వాత మిగిలే amountను broadly Profit అంటారు.

Profit (π) = Total Revenue (TR) − Total Cost (TC)

Example

Total Revenue = ₹10,00,000
Total Cost = ₹8,00,000

Profit = ₹10,00,000 − ₹8,00,000

Profit = ₹2,00,000

Important:

Economicsలో "cost" definition accountingలో ఉపయోగించే costతో సరిగ్గా ఒకేలా ఉండదు. అందుకే Accounting Profit మరియు Economic Profit వేర్వేరు.

Gross Profit and Net Profit

Gross Profit

Traditional theory-of-profit treatmentలో entrepreneurకు కనిపించే gross returnలో pure profitతో పాటు ఇతర components కూడా ఉండవచ్చు.

Gross Profit may include compensation for:

✓ Entrepreneur's own management services
✓ Interest on entrepreneur's own capital
✓ Rent on entrepreneur's own property/resources
✓ Depreciation or related allowances in some textbook treatments
✓ Risk-related compensation
✓ Pure / Net Profit

Net or Pure Profit

Entrepreneur అందించిన ఇతర factor servicesకు imputed payments మరియు relevant business costsను పరిగణించిన తరువాత మిగిలే entrepreneurial surplusను Net or Pure Profitగా పరిగణిస్తారు.

Exam Idea:

Gross Profit → Broader entrepreneurial/business return

Net/Pure Profit → Residual entrepreneurial profit after relevant deductions

Accounting Profit vs Economic Profit

Competitive examinationsలో చాలా ముఖ్యమైన distinction ఇది.

Accounting Profit

Accounting Profitలో generally recorded monetary or explicit costsను revenue నుంచి deduct చేస్తారు.

Accounting Profit = Total Revenue − Explicit Costs

Economic Profit

Economic Profitలో explicit costsతో పాటు implicit or opportunity costs కూడా పరిగణిస్తారు.

Economic Profit = Total Revenue − (Explicit Costs + Implicit Costs)

Economic Profit = Accounting Profit − Implicit Costs

Numerical Example

Total Revenue = ₹10,00,000
Explicit Costs = ₹7,00,000
Implicit Costs = ₹2,00,000

Accounting Profit
= 10,00,000 − 7,00,000
= ₹3,00,000

Economic Profit
= 10,00,000 − (7,00,000 + 2,00,000)
= ₹1,00,000

Memory Trick

Accounting → Explicit Cost

Economics → Explicit + Implicit Cost

Explicit Cost – ప్రత్యక్ష వ్యయం

Firm outsidersకు actual monetary payments చేసే costsను Explicit Costs అంటారు.

Examples:

✓ Employees' wages
✓ Rent paid for hired building
✓ Electricity bills
✓ Raw-material payments
✓ Interest paid on borrowed funds
✓ Transport expenses

Implicit Cost – అంతర్గత / అవకాశ వ్యయం

Entrepreneur తనకు చెందిన resourcesను businessలో ఉపయోగించినప్పుడు, వాటికి direct cash payment జరగకపోయినా వాటికి alternative use ఉంటుంది. ఈ opportunity costను Implicit Cost అంటారు.

Examples:

✓ Owner's own building used by business
✓ Owner's own capital
✓ Entrepreneur's own managerial time
✓ Salary sacrificed to run own business

Opportunity Cost:

A resource యొక్క next best alternative forgone value.

Normal Profit

Entrepreneurను current businessలో కొనసాగించడానికి అవసరమైన minimum returnను Normal Profit అంటారు.

Economic analysisలో normal profitను entrepreneur's opportunity costగా, అందువల్ల economic costలో భాగంగా పరిగణిస్తారు.

Zero Economic Profit does NOT mean entrepreneur earns nothing.

It means the firm is covering all explicit and implicit costs, including normal profit.

Very Important Exam Trap:

Normal Profit = Cost in economic analysis.

Therefore:
Economic Profit = 0 can coexist with Normal Profit.

Supernormal / Abnormal Profit

Normal profitకంటే ఎక్కువగా లభించే profitను Supernormal Profit లేదా Abnormal Profit అంటారు.

Economic Profit > 0
→ Supernormal / Positive Economic Profit

Perfect competitionలో short runలో supernormal profit రావచ్చు. Long runలో free entry కొత్త firmsను ఆకర్షించడం వల్ల such economic profit tends to be competed away under the standard model.

Normal, Supernormal Profit and Loss

Condition	Economic Interpretation
TR > Total Economic Cost	Positive Economic / Supernormal Profit
TR = Total Economic Cost	Normal Profit; Economic Profit = 0
TR < Total Economic Cost	Economic Loss

Functions of an Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur productionలో coordinating and decision-making role నిర్వహిస్తాడు.

Important functions:

✓ Organising factors of production

✓ Business decision-making

✓ Bearing non-insurable uncertainty

✓ Innovation

✓ Coordination and supervision

✓ Resource allocation

✓ Market opportunity identification

✓ Strategic planning

Major Theories of Profit

Theory	Economist	Main Idea
Rent Theory of Profit	F.A. Walker	Profit analogous to differential rent
Risk-Bearing Theory	F.B. Hawley	Profit as reward for risk-bearing
Uncertainty-Bearing Theory	Frank H. Knight	Profit as reward for bearing non-insurable uncertainty
Innovation Theory	Joseph A. Schumpeter	Profit as reward/result of successful innovation
Dynamic Theory	J.B. Clark	Profit arises in a dynamic, changing economy

Memory Sequence

Walker → Rent
Hawley → Risk
Knight → Uncertainty
Schumpeter → Innovation
Clark → Dynamic Change

Walker's Rent Theory of Profit

Francis A. Walker profitను rentతో పోల్చాడు.

Ricardian rentలో different grades of land productivity differences rentకు కారణమైనట్లే, Walker ప్రకారం entrepreneurs మధ్య ability differences profit differencesకు కారణమవుతాయి.

Superior Entrepreneurial Ability
↓
Higher Efficiency
↓
Lower Cost / Better Organisation
↓
Differential Surplus
↓
Profit

Walker: Profit is often explained as analogous to Rent of Ability.

Hawley's Risk-Bearing Theory

F.B. Hawley ప్రకారం entrepreneur riskను bear చేస్తాడు; profit is the reward for assuming business risk.

Business Activity
↓
Risk Bearing
↓
Entrepreneurial Responsibility
↓
Profit as Reward for Risk

Hawley → Risk Bearing → Profit

Knight's Uncertainty-Bearing Theory

Frank H. Knight Risk మరియు Uncertainty మధ్య ముఖ్యమైన distinction చేశాడు.

Risk

Probabilityను estimate చేయగల situationsను Knightian frameworkలో riskగా పరిగణిస్తారు. Many such risks can potentially be pooled or insured.

Uncertainty

Probabilityను reliably calculate చేయలేని unique or unpredictable situationsను Uncertainty అంటారు.

Risk	Uncertainty
Probability may be measurable	Probability cannot be reliably measured
May be insurable/poolable	Non-insurable in Knight's theory
Ordinary business cost may cover insured risks	Entrepreneur bears residual uncertainty

Knight:

Profit is the reward for bearing non-insurable uncertainty.

High-Probability Exam Trap:

Hawley → Risk

Knight → Uncertainty

Schumpeter's Innovation Theory of Profit

Joseph A. Schumpeter entrepreneurను innovatorగా చూశాడు. Successful innovation వల్ల temporary profit opportunities ఏర్పడతాయని వివరించాడు.

Schumpeterian innovations include:

✓ Introduction of a new product
✓ New method of production
✓ Opening a new market
✓ New source of raw materials / supply
✓ New organisation of an industry

Innovation

↓

Competitive Advantage / Cost or Market Opportunity

↓

Temporary Innovation Profit

↓

Imitation & Competition

↓

Profit tends to decline

Schumpeter:

Innovation creates profit, but imitation and competition can make innovation profit temporary.

Clark's Dynamic Theory of Profit

J.B. Clark profitను dynamic economyతో సంబంధపెట్టాడు. A perfectly stationary economyలో, under the theory's assumptions, pure profit would not persist.

Economic changes create temporary differences between revenues and costs, giving rise to profit.

Dynamic changes may include:

✓ Population changes
✓ Changes in consumer wants
✓ Technological progress
✓ Changes in capital supply
✓ Changes in methods of production
✓ Changes in organisation and markets

Clark → Dynamic Change → Profit

Profit under Different Market Structures

Perfect Competition

Standard modelలో firm short runలో supernormal profit, normal profit లేదా loss పొందవచ్చు.

Long runలో free entry and exit కారణంగా firms generally earn normal profit, meaning zero economic profit.

Monopoly

Strong barriers to entry వల్ల monopoly firm long runలో కూడా positive economic profit earn చేసే అవకాశం ఉండవచ్చు, although it is not guaranteed.

Monopolistic Competition

Short runలో supernormal profit possible. Standard long-run modelలో entry tends to reduce economic profit toward normal profit.

Oligopoly

Profit depends on strategic interaction, barriers to entry, demand, costs and rival behaviour. Positive economic profits can persist when entry barriers are significant.

Profit Maximisation

Firm యొక్క standard profit-maximising condition:

MR = MC

కానీ equality మాత్రమే సరిపోదు. Standard conditionలో MC should cut MR from below at the relevant output.

If MR > MC → Increasing output adds to profit

If MR < MC → Reducing output can improve profit

Equilibrium → MR = MC, with MC cutting MR from below

Profit per Unit and Total Profit

At a given output:

Profit per Unit = Price − Average Cost

Total Profit = (Price − Average Cost) × Quantity

Example

Price = ₹100
Average Cost = ₹70
Output = 1,000 units

Profit per unit = 100 − 70 = ₹30

Total Profit = ₹30 × 1,000

= ₹30,000

TR–TC Approach

π = TR − TC

TR and TC	Result
TR > TC	Positive Accounting/Measured Profit under the stated cost definition
TR = TC	Zero Profit under the stated cost definition
TR < TC	Loss

Whether "zero profit" means zero accounting profit or zero economic profit depends on what costs are included in TC. In economics questions, always check whether implicit costs are included.

Functions / Importance of Profit

Profit can perform several economic functions:

✓ Incentive for entrepreneurship
✓ Incentive for innovation
✓ Signal for resource allocation
✓ Reward for successful uncertainty-bearing
✓ Source of retained earnings
✓ Indicator of business performance
✓ Encourages entry into profitable activities

Profit and Loss as Market Signals

Persistent High Profit
↓
May attract resources and new firms
↓
Supply/competition may increase

Persistent Loss
↓
Signals poor returns / mismatch of costs and demand
↓
Resources may move to alternative uses

Profit – Important Numerical 1

TR = ₹8,00,000
Explicit Costs = ₹5,00,000
Implicit Costs = ₹1,50,000

Accounting Profit
= 8,00,000 − 5,00,000
= ₹3,00,000

Economic Profit
= 8,00,000 − (5,00,000 + 1,50,000)
= ₹1,50,000

Profit – Important Numerical 2

A person leaves a job paying ₹6,00,000 per year and starts a business. The business earns revenue of ₹15,00,000 and has explicit costs of ₹8,00,000. Assume the forgone salary is the only implicit cost.

Accounting Profit
= 15,00,000 − 8,00,000
= ₹7,00,000

Implicit Cost = Forgone Salary
= ₹6,00,000

Economic Profit
= 7,00,000 − 6,00,000
= ₹1,00,000

Profit – Important Numerical 3

Price = ₹50
Average Cost = ₹40
Quantity = 2,000 units

Profit per Unit = 50 − 40 = ₹10

Total Profit = 10 × 2,000

= ₹20,000

Master Comparison

Concept	Main Point
Accounting Profit	TR − Explicit Costs
Economic Profit	TR − Explicit and Implicit Costs
Normal Profit	Entrepreneur's opportunity cost; part of economic cost
Supernormal Profit	Positive economic profit above normal return
Explicit Cost	Direct monetary payment
Implicit Cost	Opportunity cost of own resources
Economic Loss	Revenue below total economic cost

Exam-Oriented MCQs

1. Profit is traditionally regarded as the reward to:

A) Landlord
B) Labourer
C) Entrepreneur
D) Consumer

సమాధానం: C) Entrepreneur

2. Basic profit formula is:

A) TR + TC
B) TR − TC
C) TC − TR always
D) TR × TC

సమాధానం: B) TR − TC

3. Accounting profit generally deducts:

A) Explicit costs
B) Only implicit costs
C) No costs
D) Opportunity costs only

సమాధానం: A

4. Economic profit deducts:

A) Explicit costs only
B) Implicit costs only
C) Explicit + Implicit costs
D) No costs

సమాధానం: C

5. Which is generally larger, other things equal?

A) Economic profit
B) Accounting profit
C) Both must always be identical
D) Neither can be measured

సమాధానం: B) Accounting Profit

6. Salary paid to an employee is:

A) Explicit cost
B) Implicit cost
C) Normal profit
D) Economic profit

సమాధానం: A

7. Forgone salary of an entrepreneur is:

A) Explicit cost
B) Implicit cost
C) Revenue
D) Depreciation necessarily

సమాధానం: B

8. Owner's own building used in business has:

A) No economic cost
B) Implicit opportunity cost
C) Only tax cost
D) No alternative use

సమాధానం: B

9. Normal profit is treated as:

A) Part of economic cost
B) Tax revenue
C) Transfer payment
D) Depreciation

సమాధానం: A

10. Zero economic profit means:

A) Entrepreneur receives nothing
B) All explicit and implicit costs including normal return are covered
C) Revenue is zero
D) Production is zero

సమాధానం: B

11. Profit above normal profit is called:

A) Rent
B) Wage
C) Supernormal profit
D) Interest

సమాధానం: C

12. Walker's theory is:

A) Risk theory
B) Rent theory of profit
C) Innovation theory
D) Uncertainty theory

సమాధానం: B

13. Walker compared profit with:

A) Wages
B) Rent
C) Interest only
D) Taxes

సమాధానం: B) Rent

14. Risk-Bearing Theory is associated with:

A) Hawley
B) Knight
C) Schumpeter
D) Clark

సమాధానం: A) Hawley

15. Hawley regarded profit as reward for:

A) Innovation
B) Risk bearing
C) Land ownership
D) Saving only

సమాధానం: B

16. Uncertainty-Bearing Theory is associated with:

A) Walker
B) Hawley
C) Knight
D) Marshall

సమాధానం: C) Knight

17. According to Knight, profit is primarily reward for:

A) Insurable risk only
B) Non-insurable uncertainty
C) Labour
D) Land

సమాధానం: B

18. Innovation Theory of Profit was developed by:

A) Keynes
B) Schumpeter
C) Ricardo
D) Hawley

సమాధానం: B) Schumpeter

19. Schumpeter's entrepreneur is primarily:

A) Innovator
B) Landlord
C) Worker
D) Consumer

సమాధానం: A

20. Dynamic Theory of Profit is associated with:

A) J.B. Clark
B) Knight
C) Walker
D) Keynes

సమాధానం: A) J.B. Clark

21. Clark associated profit with:

A) Dynamic economic changes
B) Stationary equilibrium only
C) Money supply only
D) Population alone

సమాధానం: A

22. A measurable probability situation in Knight's framework is closer to:

A) Risk
B) Uncertainty
C) Rent
D) Wage

సమాధానం: A) Risk

23. Non-measurable future contingency is closer to:

A) Risk in Knight's strict distinction
B) Uncertainty
C) Rent
D) Interest

సమాధానం: B) Uncertainty

24. Which is a Schumpeterian innovation?

A) New product
B) New production method
C) New market
D) All of the above

సమాధానం: D

25. Innovation profit tends to be:

A) Necessarily permanent
B) Potentially temporary due to imitation
C) Always zero
D) Equal to wages

సమాధానం: B

26. Standard profit-maximising condition is:

A) MR = MC
B) AR = AC always
C) TR = 0
D) MC = 0

సమాధానం: A

27. For standard profit maximisation, MC should:

A) Cut MR from below
B) Never meet MR
C) Always be zero
D) Cut MR from above only

సమాధానం: A

28. When MR > MC, a firm can generally increase profit by:

A) Expanding output
B) Necessarily shutting down
C) Setting output to zero
D) Increasing implicit cost

సమాధానం: A

29. Profit per unit is:

A) P − AC
B) P + AC
C) AC − P always
D) P × AC

సమాధానం: A

30. Total profit at a given output can be written as:

A) (P − AC) × Q
B) P + Q
C) AC/Q
D) P − Q

సమాధానం: A

Numerical MCQs

31. TR = ₹5 lakh, TC = ₹4 lakh. Profit:

A) ₹1 lakh
B) ₹4 lakh
C) ₹5 lakh
D) ₹9 lakh

సమాధానం: A) ₹1 lakh

32. TR = ₹8 lakh, Explicit Cost = ₹6 lakh. Accounting Profit:

A) ₹1 lakh
B) ₹2 lakh
C) ₹6 lakh
D) ₹14 lakh

సమాధానం: B) ₹2 lakh

33. In Q32, implicit cost = ₹1 lakh. Economic Profit:

A) ₹1 lakh
B) ₹2 lakh
C) ₹3 lakh
D) ₹7 lakh

సమాధానం: A) ₹1 lakh

34. Accounting Profit = ₹4 lakh and Implicit Cost = ₹1.5 lakh. Economic Profit:

A) ₹2.5 lakh
B) ₹4 lakh
C) ₹5.5 lakh
D) ₹1.5 lakh

సమాధానం: A) ₹2.5 lakh

35. TR = ₹10 lakh, Explicit Costs = ₹7 lakh, Implicit Costs = ₹3 lakh. Economic Profit:

A) ₹3 lakh
B) ₹7 lakh
C) Zero
D) ₹10 lakh

సమాధానం: C) Zero

36. In Q35, Accounting Profit is:

A) Zero
B) ₹3 lakh
C) ₹7 lakh
D) ₹10 lakh

సమాధానం: B) ₹3 lakh

37. Price = ₹80, AC = ₹60, Q = 500. Total Profit:

A) ₹5,000
B) ₹10,000
C) ₹30,000
D) ₹40,000

సమాధానం: B) ₹10,000

38. Price = ₹100, AC = ₹100. Economic profit per unit:

A) ₹100
B) ₹50
C) Zero
D) −₹100

సమాధానం: C) Zero

39. P = ₹40, AC = ₹50, Q = 1,000. Total economic profit/loss:

A) ₹10,000 Profit
B) ₹10,000 Loss
C) ₹50,000 Profit
D) Zero

సమాధానం: B) ₹10,000 Loss

40. Revenue ₹12 lakh; explicit costs ₹8 lakh; implicit costs ₹2 lakh. Economic Profit:

A) ₹2 lakh
B) ₹4 lakh
C) ₹6 lakh
D) ₹10 lakh

సమాధానం: A) ₹2 lakh

Tricky MCQs

41. Which statement is correct?

A) Zero economic profit means the entrepreneur gets no return
B) Normal profit is included in economic cost
C) Implicit cost requires a cash payment
D) Accounting profit always equals economic profit

సమాధానం: B

42. Which is NOT an explicit cost?

A) Paid wages
B) Paid rent
C) Forgone salary of owner
D) Electricity bill

సమాధానం: C

43. Which is an implicit cost?

A) Electricity bill
B) Employee salary
C) Rent forgone on owner's own building
D) Raw-material payment

సమాధానం: C

44. Which pairing is incorrect?

A) Walker – Rent
B) Hawley – Risk
C) Knight – Innovation
D) Clark – Dynamic Theory

సమాధానం: C

45. Which pairing is correct?

A) Schumpeter – Innovation
B) Knight – Rent
C) Hawley – Dynamic change
D) Walker – Liquidity preference

సమాధానం: A

Assertion–Reason MCQs

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A) Assertion and Reason are true; Reason correctly explains Assertion.

B) Both are true; Reason is not the correct explanation.

C) Assertion is true; Reason is false.

D) Assertion is false; Reason is true.

46. Assertion: Economic profit can be lower than accounting profit.
Reason: Economic profit deducts implicit costs in addition to explicit costs.

సమాధానం: A

47. Assertion: Zero economic profit is compatible with normal profit.
Reason: Normal profit is included as an opportunity cost in economic cost.

సమాధానం: A

48. Assertion: Knight distinguished risk from uncertainty.
Reason: Knight associated pure profit with non-insurable uncertainty.

సమాధానం: A

49. Assertion: Schumpeter linked profit with innovation.
Reason: Successful innovation can temporarily provide an advantage over competitors.

సమాధానం: A

50. Assertion: In standard perfect competition, positive economic profit tends to disappear in the long run.
Reason: Free entry attracts firms when economic profits exist.

సమాధానం: A

Additional High-Probability MCQs

51. "Rent of ability" is associated with:

A) Walker
B) Hawley
C) Knight
D) Keynes

సమాధానం: A) Walker

52. Profit as reward for risk-bearing is associated with:

A) Clark
B) Hawley
C) Schumpeter
D) Ricardo

సమాధానం: B) Hawley

53. Profit as reward for non-insurable uncertainty is associated with:

A) Knight
B) Walker
C) Hawley
D) Marshall

సమాధానం: A) Knight

54. Profit due to successful innovation is associated with:

A) Schumpeter
B) Clark
C) Hawley
D) Walker

సమాధానం: A) Schumpeter

55. Profit arising from dynamic economic change is associated with:

A) J.B. Clark
B) Keynes
C) Fisher
D) Ricardo

సమాధానం: A) J.B. Clark

56. Which is included in total economic cost?

A) Explicit cost only
B) Implicit cost only
C) Explicit and implicit costs
D) Revenue

సమాధానం: C

57. Positive economic profit is also called:

A) Normal profit only
B) Supernormal profit
C) Wage
D) Rent

సమాధానం: B

58. In the standard long-run perfect-competition model, firms earn:

A) Normal profit
B) Permanent monopoly profit
C) Infinite profit
D) No accounting revenue

సమాధానం: A

59. Opportunity cost is:

A) Value of the next best alternative forgone
B) Only money actually paid
C) Tax revenue
D) Total revenue

సమాధానం: A

60. Which theory most clearly distinguishes insurable risk from non-insurable uncertainty?

A) Knight's Theory
B) Walker's Theory
C) Clark's Theory
D) Classical Interest Theory

సమాధానం: A) Knight's Theory

Theory Matching – Must Remember

Economist	Theory / Keyword
F.A. Walker	Rent Theory / Rent of Ability
F.B. Hawley	Risk-Bearing Theory
Frank H. Knight	Uncertainty-Bearing Theory
J.A. Schumpeter	Innovation Theory
J.B. Clark	Dynamic Theory

Fastest Memory Code:

W – R → Walker – Rent

H – R → Hawley – Risk

K – U → Knight – Uncertainty

S – I → Schumpeter – Innovation

C – D → Clark – Dynamic

One-Minute Master Table

Concept	Remember
Profit	TR − TC
Accounting Profit	TR − Explicit Costs
Economic Profit	TR − Explicit − Implicit Costs
Explicit Cost	Actual monetary payment
Implicit Cost	Opportunity cost of own resources
Normal Profit	Part of economic cost
Zero Economic Profit	Normal return is still covered
Supernormal Profit	Positive economic profit
Walker	Rent Theory
Hawley	Risk
Knight	Uncertainty
Schumpeter	Innovation
Clark	Dynamic Change
Profit Maximisation	MR = MC; MC cuts MR from below

చివరి నిమిషం పునశ్చరణ

Profit → Reward to Entrepreneur

π → TR − TC

Accounting Profit → TR − Explicit Costs

Economic Profit → TR − Explicit − Implicit Costs

Implicit Cost → Opportunity Cost

Normal Profit → Part of Economic Cost

Zero Economic Profit → Normal Profit is still earned/covered

Supernormal Profit → Positive Economic Profit

Walker → Rent of Ability

Hawley → Risk Bearing

Knight → Non-insurable Uncertainty

Schumpeter → Innovation

Clark → Dynamic Changes

Perfect Competition – Long Run → Normal Profit in the standard model

Profit Maximisation → MR = MC with MC cutting MR from below

Profit per Unit → P − AC

Total Profit → (P − AC) × Q

Exam Final Recall

Profit → Gross & Net Profit → Accounting & Economic Profit → Explicit & Implicit Costs → Normal & Supernormal Profit → Entrepreneur → Walker → Hawley → Knight → Schumpeter → Clark → Profit Maximisation

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