The Philadelphia Police Department must decide how to allocate police officers between West Philadelphia and Center...

The Philadelphia Police Department must decide how to allocate police officers between West Philadelphia and Center City. Measured in arrests per hour, the average product, total product, and marginal product in each of these two areas are given in the table below. Currently, the police department allocates 200 police officers to Center City and 300 to West Philadelphia. If police can be redeployed only in groups of 100, how, if at all, should the police department reallocate its officers to achieve the maximum number of arrests per hour? Explain.

Number of Police	West Philly			Center City
Number of Police	AP	TP	MP	AP	TP	MP
0	0	0	---	0	0	---
100	40	40	40	45	45	45
200	40	80	40	40	80	35
300	40	120	40	35	105	25
400	40	160	40	30	120	15
500	40	200	40	25	125	5

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