A new vaccine against a deadly disease has just been discovered. Presently, 55 people

Chapter 0, Problem 9

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A new vaccine against a deadly disease has just been discovered. Presently, 55 people die from the disease each year. The new vaccine will save lives, but it is not completely safe. Some recipients of the shots will die from adverse reactions. The projected effects of the inoculation are given in the accompanying table: a. What are the interpretations of marginal benefit andmarginal cost here? Calculate marginal benefit and marginalcost per each 10% increase in the rate of inoculation.Write your answers in the table.b.What proportion of the population should optimally beinoculated?c. What is the interpretation of profit here? Calculate theprofit for all levels of inoculation.

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