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.Process(smoke/day) A(10 tons/day) B(8 tons/day) C(6 tons/day) D(4 ton/day) E(2 tons/day) Cost to Acme ($/day) $750$800$1,000$1,400$2,000 Cost to FirmCo ($/day) $500$750$1,200$2,200 $4,000Suppose the firms are both currently using process A. If the government requires each firm to reduce pollution by 20%, then the firms will adopt process ________, and a total of ________ tons of smoke will be emitted each day.

A. B; 16
B. A; 18
C. C; 12
D. D; 8

Answer: A

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