Two companies, Dirty Inc. and Filthy Inc., each of which has access to 5 different production processes, each of which has a different cost and produces a different amount of pollution. The daily costs of the processes and the 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 Dirty Inc. ($/day)$100$200$380$740$1,460Cost to Filthy Inc. ($/day)$400$430$490$580$700 Suppose pollution is initially unregulated. If the City Council requires each firm to reduce emissions by 50 percent, then the total cost to society of this policy will be ________ per day.
A. $360
B. $490
C. $380
D. $870
Answer: A
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