Suppose that Bill, George, and Al constitute the entire market for consumers of national defense. Each man has an identical demand curve for national defense, which can be expressed as . Suppose that the marginal cost for national defense can be expressed as . What is the optimal quantity of national defense?
A) 150 units.
B) 60 units
C) 40 units.
D) 20 units.
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