Two firms, Acme and FirmCo, have access to five production processes, each of which has a different cost and gives off a different amount of pollution. The daily costs of the processes and the corresponding number of tons of smoke emitted are shown in the table below.ProcessABCDE(smoke/day)(4 tons/day)(3 tons/day)(2 tons/day)(1 tons/day)(0 tons/day)Cost to Acme ($/day)$750$800$1,000$1,400$2,000Cost to FirmCo ($/day)$500$750$1,200$2,200$4,000 Suppose the firms are both currently using process A. If the government requires each firm to reduce pollution by 20 percent, then the total cost to society of this policy will be ________ per day.
A. $1,550
B. $950
C. $300
D. $2,350
Answer: C
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