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Calculating Profit with Varying Employee Effort
A software development firm employs a team of two programmers, Alex and Ben. Both are paid a weekly wage of $2,000. The firm's project manager observes that Alex consistently puts in the required effort, generating a weekly output valued at $5,000. However, Ben does not put in the required effort and consequently generates no valuable output. The firm's weekly profit is calculated as total revenue from output minus total wages paid.
Calculate the firm's total weekly profit from this two-person team. Show your calculation.
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