Firms A and B each produce 80 units of pollution. The federal government wants to reduce pollution levels. The marginal costs associated with pollution reduction are MCA = 50 + 3QA for firm A and MCB = 20 + 6QB for firm B, where QA and QB are the quantities of pollution reduced by each firm. Society's marginal benefit from pollution reduction is given by MB = 590-3Qtot' where Qtot is the total reduction in pollution. The socially optimal level of firm A's pollution reduction is . Hint: Type integers. reduction is . The socially optimal level of firm B's pollution
Firms A and B each produce 80 units of pollution. The federal government wants to reduce pollution levels. The marginal costs associated with pollution reduction are MCA = 50 + 3QA for firm A and MCB = 20 + 6QB for firm B, where QA and QB are the quantities of pollution reduced by each firm. Society's marginal benefit from pollution reduction is given by MB = 590-3Qtot' where Qtot is the total reduction in pollution. The socially optimal level of firm A's pollution reduction is . Hint: Type integers. reduction is . The socially optimal level of firm B's pollution
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![Firms A and B each produce 80 units of pollution. The federal government wants to reduce pollution levels. The marginal costs
associated with pollution reduction are MCA = 50 + 3QA for firm A and MCB = 20 + 6QB for firm B, where QA and QB are the
quantities of pollution reduced by each firm. Society's marginal benefit from pollution reduction is given by MB = 590- 3Qtot,
where Qtot is the total reduction in pollution.
The socially optimal level of firm A's pollution reduction is
Hint: Type integers.
reduction is
The socially optimal level of firm B's pollution](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F6cc58a7f-a992-40b4-aee2-b48b5930b05b%2Fc3b1e2c7-d153-425b-a753-8a35ea420647%2Fdhu8g2_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Firms A and B each produce 80 units of pollution. The federal government wants to reduce pollution levels. The marginal costs
associated with pollution reduction are MCA = 50 + 3QA for firm A and MCB = 20 + 6QB for firm B, where QA and QB are the
quantities of pollution reduced by each firm. Society's marginal benefit from pollution reduction is given by MB = 590- 3Qtot,
where Qtot is the total reduction in pollution.
The socially optimal level of firm A's pollution reduction is
Hint: Type integers.
reduction is
The socially optimal level of firm B's pollution
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