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(a) What would be the economically efficient number of wells? (Solve to the
nearest multiple 10 wells.) Explain why social benefits (profits) are maximized at
this level of output. [Hint: Calculate the total revenue and marginal revenue for
each number of wells.]
(b) If each well is privately owned by a different farmer without any regulations,
how many wells will operate? (Solve to the nearest multiple 10 wells, or for
example, you could say between 10 and 20 wells.) Is this number of wells
economically efficiency? Also, is this number of wells ecologically sustainable in
the long-term? [Hint: Calculate the average revenue for each number of wells.]e
(c) Suppose a new technology is adapted that reduces the cost of operating a
well from 600 to 400 pesos. Now what is socially efficient (i.e. profit maximizing)
number of wells with the new technology? How has the introduction of this new
technology affected environmental sustainability?H
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Transcribed Image Text:(a) What would be the economically efficient number of wells? (Solve to the nearest multiple 10 wells.) Explain why social benefits (profits) are maximized at this level of output. [Hint: Calculate the total revenue and marginal revenue for each number of wells.] (b) If each well is privately owned by a different farmer without any regulations, how many wells will operate? (Solve to the nearest multiple 10 wells, or for example, you could say between 10 and 20 wells.) Is this number of wells economically efficiency? Also, is this number of wells ecologically sustainable in the long-term? [Hint: Calculate the average revenue for each number of wells.]e (c) Suppose a new technology is adapted that reduces the cost of operating a well from 600 to 400 pesos. Now what is socially efficient (i.e. profit maximizing) number of wells with the new technology? How has the introduction of this new technology affected environmental sustainability?H
Farmers in an arid region of Mexico draw their irrigation water from an underground aquifer. The aquifer has a natural
maximum recharge rate of 340,000 gallons per day (i.e., 340,000 gallons per day filter into the underground reservoir from
natural resources.) The total product schedule for well operations looks like this:
Number of
Wells
Operating
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
06
Total Water
Output
(Thousand
Gal./Day)
100
200
280
340
380
400
400
380
340
The cost of operating a well is 600 pesos per day. The value of water to the farmer is 0.1 pesos per gallon.
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Transcribed Image Text:Farmers in an arid region of Mexico draw their irrigation water from an underground aquifer. The aquifer has a natural maximum recharge rate of 340,000 gallons per day (i.e., 340,000 gallons per day filter into the underground reservoir from natural resources.) The total product schedule for well operations looks like this: Number of Wells Operating 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 06 Total Water Output (Thousand Gal./Day) 100 200 280 340 380 400 400 380 340 The cost of operating a well is 600 pesos per day. The value of water to the farmer is 0.1 pesos per gallon.
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(c) Indicate a (license) fee, in pesos per day, that the government could charge to achieve the socially efficient (i.e. profit maximizing) number of wells.

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