How much labour should be allocated to plant alpha

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Good Aliens Corporation: We make Good Product, We have Good Machines; It is All Good! Good Aliens Corporations, a famous paper manufacturer on planet Economia is considering expanding its operations in two new plants across the river: plant Alpha ( ) and plant Beta ( ): Mr. Rho, the production manager, is reviewing a report submitted by his assistant Hans regarding the short-run total product curves for the two plants. Hans estimated the two production functions as follows:

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Hans did not provide any additional information. Mr. Rho, who knows calculus, derived the marginal product for both plants as

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Mr. Rho also knows that Good Aliens gave him only 10 workers to start up operations in both plants. The question that Mr. Rho is trying to answer is: How much labour should be allocated to plant Alpha and to plant Beta? And, at the best allocation, what is the output produced?

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