Suppose a crime wave hits West Philadelphia, so that the marginal product and average product of police officers are now 60 arrests per hour for any number of police officers. What is the optimal allocation of 500 police officers between the two areas now?

Answer is All 500 police officers should be sent to West Philadelphia.

Refer below for explanation.

Explanation:

Therefore,

Optimal allocation of 500 police officers should be sent to West Philadelphia.

The ideal allocation of 500 police officers should be in West Philadelphia.

Explanation:

We must first describe what the word "allocation" means. Allocation refers to a place that, due to some circumstance, needs to be considered as a place for the allocation of resources. These resources can be money, materials, raw materials, labor, among others.

In the question above, we can see that a wave of crime broke out in Philadelphia, making this region a place that is in need of a specific resource, police. In this case, the ideal allocation of 500 police officers is in West Philadelphia, where the number of crimes is very large and there is a need for professionals like the police.