Suppose That You Can Schedule a Worker for Up to 4

question 68

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you can schedule a worker for up to 4 hours per day.The total benefit and total cost functions are B(H) = 300H - 20H² and C(H) = 500H + 60H².The corresponding formulas for marginal benefit and marginal cost are MB(H) = 300 - 40H and MC(H) = 500 + 120H.For how many hours should you schedule the worker?

• A) 1.25 hours
• B) 0.8 hours
• C) 4 hours
• D) 0 hours

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