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The cost of controlling emissions at a firm goes up rapidly asthe amount of emissions reduced goes up. Here is a possible model:C(x, y) = 1,000 + 200x2 + 200y2 where x is the reduction in sulfuremissions, y is the reduction in lead emissions (in pounds ofpollutant per day), and C is the daily cost to the firm (indollars) of this reduction. Government clean-air subsidies amountto $100 per pound of sulfur and $200 per pound of lead removed. Howmany pounds of pollutant should the firm remove each day tominimize net cost (cost minus subsidy)?

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