Noah and Naomi want to produce 300 garden benches per week in two production plants. The cost functions at the two plants are              C1(Q1)=800Q1−2(Q1)^2 and              C2(Q2)=850Q2−3(Q2)^2 The corresponding marginal costs are              MC1=800−4Q1 and              MC2=850−6Q2 What is the best assignment of output between the two plants? Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers. Noah and Naomi should produce  benches at plant 1 and  benches at plant 2.

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Noah and Naomi want to produce 300 garden benches per week in two production plants. The cost functions at the two plants are

             C1(Q1)=800Q1−2(Q1)^2

and

             C2(Q2)=850Q2−3(Q2)^2

The corresponding marginal costs are

             MC1=800−4Q1

and

             MC2=850−6Q2

What is the best assignment of output between the two plants?

Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers.

Noah and Naomi should produce  benches at plant 1 and  benches at plant 2.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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