Suppose the Marginal Benefit and Marginal Cost for crude oil at any given period is:    MB = 159 - 2.1Q  and MC=36 + 0.9Q Where price is measured in dollars and quantity is measured in barrels. The total oil reserve is 50 tons. What is the Optimal barrels of oil that should be extracted in the current period (suppose we don’t need to be concerned with any future periods)?

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Suppose the Marginal Benefit and Marginal Cost for crude oil at any given period is:   

MB = 159 - 2.1Q  and MC=36 + 0.9Q

Where price is measured in dollars and quantity is measured in barrels. The total oil reserve is 50 tons.

What is the Optimal barrels of oil that should be extracted in the current period (suppose we don’t need to be concerned with any future periods)?

 
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