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 imposes a tax of $110 per ton of smoke emitted, a total of ________ tons of smoke will be emitted each day, and the total cost to society of this policy will be ________ per day.
A. 16; $250
B. 14; $500
C. 18; $50
D. 20; $0
Answer: A
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