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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26. 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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