Homework Answers
The decision maker will choose the distance until his marginal benefit equals marginal cost.
Therefore,
√4x = 4x/√15
1 = √(4x/15)
√4x = √15
Squaring both sides,
4x =15
Or, x = 3.75.
Therefore, the correct option is 3.
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