Suppose a firm is currently selling 1,000 units of output at a price of $8 per unit and has an advertising budget of $400. Suppose further that the firm can sell one more unit of output by either a $0.02 price discount or by a $8.00 increase in advertising expenditure.  Is the firm’s advertising budget optimal? If not, determine the optimal advertising budget.

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  1. Suppose a firm is currently selling 1,000 units of output at a price of $8 per unit and has an advertising budget of $400. Suppose further that the firm can sell one more unit of output by either a $0.02 price discount or by a $8.00 increase in advertising expenditure. 
  2. Is the firm’s advertising budget optimal?
  3. If not, determine the optimal advertising budget.
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