The Cost of Controlling Emissions at a Firm Goes Up

question 98

Multiple Choice

The cost of controlling emissions at a firm goes up rapidly as the amount of emissions reduced goes up. Here is a possible model: where q is the reduction in emissions (in pounds of pollutant per day) and C is the daily cost (in dollars) of this reduction. If a firm is currently reducing its emissions by 7 pounds each day, what is the marginal cost of reducing emissions even further?

• A)$1,400
• B)$2,800
• C)$7,800
• D)$2,100
• E)$700

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