Price and cost (dollars) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 MC₁ 50 Quantity MC₂ 100 Demand 150 The demand for dishwashers facing the AllClean Co. is given in the figure above. The firm manufactures dishwashers in two plants. MC₁ and MC2 are the marginal cost curves for those two plants. How should the firm allocate total output between the two plants in order to maximize profit?

Price and cost (dollars) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 MC₁ 50 Quantity MC₂ 100 Demand 150 The demand for dishwashers facing the AllClean Co. is given in the figure above. The firm manufactures dishwashers in two plants. MC₁ and MC2 are the marginal cost curves for those two plants. How should the firm allocate total output between the two plants in order to maximize profit?

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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