A Politician Facing Reelection Can Win Votes According to the Following

question 19

Multiple Choice

A politician facing reelection can win votes according to the following process: V = 500S^0.20M^0.60, where S is hours of making campaign speeches and M is the number of flyers mailed.Making speeches costs $10 per hour, mailing flyers costs $.50 per flyer, and $2,000 are available to spend on the campaign.Assuming the politician wants to maximize votes, how should the budget be allocated between speeches and mailing flyers?

• A)No speeches should be given; 4,000 flyers should be mailed.
• B)100 hours of speeches should be given; 2,000 flyers should be mailed out.
• C)50 hours of speeches should be given; 3,000 flyers should be mailed out.
• D)500 hours of speeches should be given; 1,500 flyers should be mailed out.
• E)200 hours speeches should be given; no flyers should be mailed out.

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